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the Indians, who inbabited this Mand; could; in‘all Probability (by reafon’ 
- of the great Diftariee from’the Continent), be’ no otliersthanColonies from. 
-fome of the Leeward Jflands, molt probably from Sé. Vincentiss, Ste Ta 9.” 
eo wad ‘or Tobago. From: either,o ‘ thefe,. according. to :their ‘Situation; with, oe 
- .. ¢efpe€'to Barbados, -as well as with regard. to ‘a fafe Harbour, they muff, (~~. « 
Reidone erprobably land ‘to the Weft ‘or -Weft-fouth-weft’ of this Mland. Accor bee ig 
indians ink itp a8 Carlifle (7) Bay is the largeft and moft’ commadious “Harbour, . it pat 
proved: is natural to fuppofe, that, they landed here, and madé-the adjacent Part. ° .", 
_« of the Ifland their Place‘of Refidence:. sa Piaaey confirmed by) 0% 
- the Buttings and’ Boundings’ of feveral Tenements near this Bay’; which, ~ ++, 
sin very old Deeds, até faid to terminate at or within a. certain Diftance’ : : 
_.. © from thé Indian, Bridge ; from which the great -Number of Houfes built... 5 
; Bridge Teun about this Convenient’: Place, came foon afterwards to be’ called’ Bridge °° "33. 
“ed... Tewn.* The above-mention’d Bridge’was placed over that: Part of* the © // 5» .°. 
"feck, or narrow -Néck ‘of. ‘the .Biy,.- which’ divides:‘Major -Gidngy °° 
Clerk's Houle from.Colonel: fohn Fairchild’s,’ The Neceflity. that the?) 
| Indians, refiding’ onthe North fidé.of the’ Creek, were under to” mute’ acy yi 0". 
Bridge (which in all-Likelihood’ confifted of no more tham-afew Trees, © .. +> 
fell’d down, and laid acrofs this-Creek),: will appear; when we'éonfider, «. ° .:~ 
- that their beft, and almoft only Supply. of frefh Water, was’on thée-South.. ~~ 
fide of it, at a Place’ now. call’d Hlazinington’s Spring. aes eect eee 8 ey 
‘The'next.-fmall Rivulet running tothe Sea-to the Leeward of Bridge’ 
Lown is.at prefent, as well as in many old Deeds, eall’d Indian River... Te. 
was likewife at this Place that fome Indians, from St. Vincent's, landed, in’ 
or about the Year 1738, And as Indians are remarkably nice in chufing'a*.*’ 
dry healthy Situation, this, with fo few or no Footfteps of their long Abode ~ 
"here, gave me rom to’ believe, that they kept moving along: the Sea Shores". ° 7.” 
.- fo long as they met with convenient: fifhing (8) Bays : “And as the laftof °°. - 
_ ‘thefe, of any Note, to the Leeward ofthe Ifland, is: Six Mens Bay, and’. i¢) 6. 
° ‘Rider’ s Bay, \et us but allow thefe-to. be then, ‘as they are; at \prefent, ‘agi 2. °°" 
_* well ftored with Fith as anyother, and-we fhall foon Ax their Refidencé, © 3" S 
fora while at leaft, ih this convenient-Place 3 for. thefe Indians (as:fhall. ° © *\.2.’ 
__ _. be prefently fhewed) were but’ ill provided. with, Tools. to fell Timber!) 9)! 
_, This, join’d to their great Indolence, ‘caufed themto fearch (efpecially ins) 6 
- wet Seafons) for their natural fheltering Place, the fitft convenient'Caves (°° S 
and, as ‘there is ‘a very commodious one in ‘the Side of a neighbouring” Pes LL 
- . Hill,called to this Day the Judien Coftle, and ‘almoft ina dire Line. * °° * « 
“The Refi from Sixx. Mens Bay, and not above a Mile and an half off, in’ a’ pleafane i e6 7... ¢ 
Indians far- Patt of the Country, - it is'more ‘than ‘probable (efpecially as there was. | 2° 
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en eee 6 ae ere neato 8 ., bee « its : nee tag os NO ot i 
' _ (7), This Harbour is call’d Carlife Bay,.'from‘a Royal Grant of this Ifland to-the Earl of Curfife> “The - 
», adjacent Town, call’d Bridge Toi cov of about. belive Huitcned Hoates, all tailt oka Sane Pete Sw 
» Brick, or Timber.. The other chief Towns are Speight’s Town, uftin’s' Town, and the lol Town. as 8h 
°(8) As the Bays, near the Hole Town, were well ftored with Fith, this feemed to be their fécond Settle- : 
ment from Indian River : But as it was neceffary, in ftormy’ Weather, to provide a Shelter higher upinthe © ° =. 
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