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The nature 

 of the ancient 

 Inhabitants* 



The nature 

 ct the Mqw- 



the nature 



of the Indians 

 inhabiting 



Eaftward. 



A M E *K1 C A. Chap. II. 



provoketh fcratching, which is troublesome to fern* ; this Flie is bufie but in clofe 

 Mornings or Evening,, and continues not above three Weeks , the lead Wind or 

 heat expels them. The fourth is a Uusketor, wh.ch is not unlike to our Gnats in 

 England, in places where there is no thick Woods or Swamps, there are none or ve- 

 ry few. In the new Plantations they are troublelome for the : firft year, but the 

 Wood decaying they vanifh : Thefe Flies cannot endure Wind heat or cold, fo 

 that thefe are only troublefome in clofe thick Weathered aga.nft Ram many that 

 are bitten will fall a fcratching, whereupon their Faces and Hands (well. 



As touching the Nature of the ancient Inhabitants, they are to be confider d ac- 

 cording to their feveral Shires or Divifions , thofe that inhabit to the Eaft and 

 North Eaft bore the name of Cburcbers and Tanenteens j thele in the Southern parts 

 were call'd feauods, woKtrraganfets , thofe Weftward, Conneclacuts and Mowbacks $ 

 to the North. Weft, of whom were the Abergimans. 



The MoUacks were ever accounted a cruel bloudy People, wh.ch were wont to 

 comedown upon their poor Neighbors, with more thanbru.tifh Savagenefs, fpoil- 

 ing their Corn, burning their Houfes, flaying Men, ravifhing Women yea very 

 Canibah they were, fometimes eating on a Man one part after another before his 

 Face, and while yet living., infomuch, that the very Name of a MoUack would 

 ftrike the Heart of a poor Aberginian dead, till they had the En&hjh on their fides to 

 fuccor them • for thefe inhumane Homicides confefs that they dare not meddle 

 with a white Fac'd Man, accompany'd with his hot-mouth'd Weapon. 



Thefe Indians are a People of tall Stature , long grim Vifages (lender Wafted 

 and having exceeding great Arms and Thighs, wherein they fay their ftrength 

 lieth • which is fuch, that one of them hath been known to kill a Dog with a fil- 

 lip of his Finger, and afterwards to have flead and fod him, and eat him to his Din. 

 ner. They are fo hardy, that they can eat fuch things as would make other Indians 

 fick to look upon ■ being deftitute of Fifh and Flefh, they fuffice Hunger and mam. 

 tain Nature with the ufe of Vegetatives; but that which they moft hunt after, is 

 the flefh of Man : Their cuftom is,if they get a ftranger near their Habitations,not 

 to Butcher him immediately, but keep him in as good plight as they can, feeding 

 him with the beft Visuals they have. 



Thefe Indians are more defperate in Wars than the other Indians, which proceeds 

 not only from the fiercenefs of their Natures, but alfo in that they know themfelves 

 to be better Arm'd and Weapon'd 5 all of them wearing Sea Horfe Skins and Barks 

 of Trees, made by their Art as impenetrable, it is thought, as Steel, wearing Head. 

 Pieces of the fame, under which they March fecurely and undantedly, running, 

 and fiercely crying out, Hadree Hadree fuccomee fuccomee, We come we come to fuck your 

 SW.not fearing the feather'd fhafts of the ftrong-arm'd Bow.men,but like unruly 

 headftrong Stallions, beat them down with their right-hand Tamabawks, and left, 

 hand Javelins, being all the Weapons which they ufe, counting Bowes a cowardly 

 fight. Tamabawks are Staves of two Foot and a half long, with knobs at one end as 

 round and big as a Foot ball ; a Javelin is a fhort Spear, headed with fharp Sea- 

 Horfe Teeth ; one blow or thruft with thefe fharp Weapons, will not need a fecond 

 to haften death from a MoTehach arm. 



The Tanenteens faving that they eat not Mans flefh , are little lefs Salvage and 

 cruel than thefe Cannibals ; our Indians do fear them as their deadly Enemies, for Co 

 many of them as they meet,they kill.Take thefe Indians in their own proper and na. 

 tural difpofition, and they are reported to be wife , lofty.fpirited, conftant in 

 friendfhip to one another, true in their promife, and more induftrious than many 



others. 



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