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house which was built for the Indian trade, the 

 master thereof we had parted with at the French 

 town, who gave us leave to make use of his man- 

 sion. Such houses are common in these parts, 

 and especially where there is Indian towns and 

 plantations near at hand, which this place is well 

 furnished withal. 



These Santee Indians are a well humored and 

 affable people ; and living near the English, are 

 become very tractable. They make themselves 

 cribs after a very curious manner, wherein they 

 secure their corn from vermin, which are more 

 frequent in these warm climates than countries 

 more distant from the sun. These pretty fabrics 

 are commonly supported with eight feet or posts 

 about seven feet high from the ground, well daub- 

 ed within and without upon laths, with loom or 

 clay, which makes them tight and fit to keep out 

 the smallest insect, there being a small door at 

 the gable end, which is made of the same compo- 

 sition, and to be removed at pleasure, being no 

 bigger than that a slender man may creep in at, 

 cementing the door up with the same earth when 

 they take corn out of the crib, and are going from 

 home, always finding their granaries in the same 

 posture thy left them — theft to each other being 

 altogether unpracticed, never receiving spoils but 

 from foreigners. 



Hereabouts the ground is something higher 

 than about Charlestown, there being found some 

 cjiiaries of brown, free stone, which I have seen 



