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384 lawson's history 



rata, fighting men, 25; 'NeuQ Indians, towns, 2; 

 Chattooka, Eouconk, figliting men, 15: Pampti- 

 cougli Indians, town, 1 ; Island, figliting men, 15; 

 Jaupin Indians, six people. These ^yq nations of 

 the Totero's, Sapona's, Keiauwee's, Aconechos, 

 and Schoccories, are lately come amongst ns, and 

 may contain in all, about 750 men, women and chil- 

 dren ; total, 4780. 



Now there appears to be one thousand six hun- 

 dred and twelve fighting men, of our neighboring 

 Indians, and probably there are three-fifths of wo- 

 men and children, not including old men, which 

 amounts to four thousand and thirty savages be- 

 sides the ^YQ nations lately come. E'ow, as I be- 

 fore hinted, we will see what grounds there are to 

 make these people serviceaMe to us, and better 

 themselves thereby. 



On a fair scheme, we must first allow these sav- 

 ages what really belongs to them, that is, what 

 good qualities and natural endowments they pos- 

 sess, whereby they being in their proper colors, 

 the event may be better guessed at and fathomed. 



First, they are as apt to learn any handicraft, 

 as any people that the world affords ; I will ex- 

 cept none, as is seen by their canoes and stauking 

 heads, which they make of themselves ; but to my 

 purpose, the Indian slaves in South Carolina and 

 elsewhere, make my argument good. 



Secondly, we have no disciplined men in Eu- 

 rope but what have, at one time or other been 

 branded with mutining and murmuring against 



