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and approved on by onr Englisli practitioners. 

 The wind being at IST. W., with cold weather, 

 made us make a large fire in the Indian's cabin ; 

 being very intent upon our cookery, we set the 

 dwelling on fire, and with much a do put it out, 

 though with the loss of part of the roof. 



The next day we traveled on our way, and about 

 noon came up with a settlement of Santee Indians, 

 there being plantations lying scattering here and 

 there, for a great many miles. They came out to 

 meet us, being acquainted with one of our com- 

 pany, and made us very welcome with fat barba- 

 cued venison, which the woman of the cabin took 

 and tore in pieces with her teeth, so put it into a 

 mortar, beating it to rags, afterwards stews it 

 with water, and other ingredients, which makes a 

 very savoury dish. 



At these cabins came to visit us the king of the 

 Santee nation. He brought with him their chief 

 doctor, or physician, who was warmly and neatly 

 clad with a match coat, made of turkies feathers, 

 which makes a pretty show, seeming as if it was 

 a garment of the deepest silk shag. This doctor 

 had the misfortune to lose his nose by the pox, 

 which disease the Indians often get by the Eng- 

 lish traders that use amongst them ; not but the 

 natives of America have for many ages (by their 

 own confession) been afilicted with a distemper 

 much like the lues venerea, which hath all the 

 symptoms of the pox, being diiferent in this only, 

 for I never could learn, that this country distem- 



