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We went this day about twelve miles, one of our 

 company being lame of his knee. "We passed 

 over an exceeding rich tract of land, affording 

 plenty of great free stones,marblerocks and abound- 

 ing in many plesant and delightsome rivulets. 

 At noon we stayed and refreshed ourselves at a 

 cabin, where we met with one of their war cap- 

 tains, a man of great esteem among them. At 

 his departure from the cabin, the man of the house 

 scratched this war captain on the shoulder, which 

 is looked upon as a very great compliment among 

 them. The captain went two or three miles on 

 our way w^ith us, to direct us in our path. One of 

 our company gave him a belt, which he took very 

 kindly, bidding us call at his house, which was in 

 our road, and stay till the lame traveler was well, 

 and speaking to the Indian to order his servant to 

 make us welcome. Thus we parted, he being on his 

 journey to the Congerees and Savannas, a famous, 

 warlike, friendly nation of Indians, living to the 

 south end of Ashley i^iver. He had a man slave with 

 him who was loaded with European goods, his 

 wife and daughter being in company. He told 

 us, at his departure, that James had sent knots to 

 all the Indians thereabouts, for every town to 

 send in ten skins, meaning Captain Moor, then 

 Governor of South Carolina. The towns beins: 

 very thick hereabouts, at night we took up our 

 quarters at one of the chief men's houses, which 

 was one of the theatres I spoke of before. There 

 ran, liard by this town, a pleasant river, not very 



