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They were not numerous, and only fome of 

 the Swedes had little orchards of them, 

 whilft others had not a fingle tree. None 

 of the Swedes made cyder, for it is come 

 into ufe but lately. The Swedes brewed 

 ftrong beer and fmall beer, and it was their 

 common liquor. But at prefent there are 

 very few who brew beer* for they com- 

 monly prepare cyder. Cherry-trees were 

 abundant when Nils Gafiafson was yet a 

 boy. Peach-trees Were at that time more 

 numerous than at prefent, and the Swedes 

 brewed beer of the fruit. The old man 

 could not tell from whence the Swedes 

 firfl of all got the peach-trees. 



During the younger years of this old 

 man, the Indians were every where fpread 

 in the country; they lived among the 

 Swedes, and were fcattered every where. The 

 old man mentioned Swedes who had been 

 killed by the Indians ; and he mentioned two 

 of his countrymen who had been fcalped 

 by them. They ftole children from the 

 Swedes, and carried them off, and they were 

 never heard of again. Once they came and 

 killed fome Swedes, and took the upper 

 part of their fcalls with them ; on thatoc- 

 cafion they fcalped a little girl, and would 

 have killed her, if they had not perceived a 

 boat full of Swedes, making towards them, 



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