Chap. 1L 



AMERICA 



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lent Marks-men, it being the onely thing they breed their Youch to : The Women 

 Plant and look after the Corn, make their Bread, and drefs what Ptovifions their 

 Husbands bring home. Their way of Marriage is by agreement with the Womens 

 Parents or Friends, who for a certain Sum of their Money, or other Goods, deliver 

 her to the Man at a day appointed, which is commonly fpent in jollity. 



There are two lorts of Indian Money, V/ampompeage and %oanoack, thcfeferve rt*Mbaty 

 among them as Gold and Silver do in Europe, both are made of Fifli-fliells, which 

 they firing like Beads . Wampompeage is the largeft Bead, fixty whereof countervails 

 an Arms length of <%oanoack, which is valued at fix Pence Sterling, with this they 

 purchafe Commodities of the Englifr, as Trading-Cloth, <&c. of which they make 

 themfelves Mantles, which is fomething fliaggy, and is call'd Dutch Duffels* this 

 is their Winter Habit . in Summer they onely wear a narrow flip of the fame to 

 cover thofe parts , which natural modefty teaches them to conceal - the better 

 fort have Stockings made thereof, and pieces of Deer-Skin, ftitch'd together about 

 their Feet in ftead of Shooes : The Womens Apparel is the fame, but thofe of the 

 beft Quality among them bedeck themfelves with Wampompeage or %oanoack, or fome 

 other toy. 



Their Houfes are rais'd about the height of a large Arbor , and covcr'd with Manner of 

 Barks of Trees very tite, in the middle whereof is the Fire-place, they lie generally ^ 

 upon Mats of their own making, plac'd round the Fire, a Woodden-bowl or two, 

 an Earthen Pot, and a Mortar and Peftle, is their chiefeft Hou (hold* fluff; he that 

 hath his Bowe and Arrows, or Gun, a Hatchet, and a Canoo, (a term they ufe for 

 Boats) is in their minds rarely well provided for ; each Houfe contains a diftincl: 

 Family, each Family hath its peculiar Field about the Town, where they Plant their 

 Corn, and other forts of Grain afore*mention'd. ■ 



They arc courteous to the E?jglift? y if they chance to fecapy of them coming to- Cwiftr* 



11'ttT t • i-i 1 i«r & the Ettglijh. 



wards their Houles, they immediately meet him half-way, conduit him in, and 

 bid him welcome with the bed Cates they have : The Englifh giving them in like 

 manner civil Entertainment, according to their Quality. 



The WeroWance of Tatuxent having been Treated for fome days at St. Maries, by 

 the then Governor, Mr. Leonard Cahert, his Lordfliips Brother, at his firft coming 

 thither to fettle that Colony, took his leave of him with this Expreflion, 1 love the 

 Englifh /0 well, that if they fhould go about to Kill me, if I had fo much breath m to ffeak, I 

 would Command my People not to revenge my death 5 for I know they would not dofuch a thing, 

 except it were through my own default. 



In Affairs of concern, they are very confiderate, and ufe few words in declaring 

 their intentions \ for at Mr. Leonard Qaherts firft arrival there, the WeroWance ofTaf* 

 catoway being ask'd by him, Wlmher he Would be content, that the Englifh fhould Jit doWn 

 in his Qountrey ? rcturn'd this anfwer, Tliat he Would not bid him go, neither Would he bid 

 him flay, but that he might ufe his own difcretion. Thcfe were their expreffions to the 

 Governor at his firft entrance into Mary-land, whom then they were jealous of, 

 whether he might prove a Friend or a Neighbor, but by his difcrcet Demeanor to- 

 wards them at firft,and friendly ufage of them afterwards,they are now become,not 

 only civil, but ferviceable to the Englifh there upon all occafions. 



The Indians of the Eaftern fliore are moft numerous, and were formerly very re- 

 fractory, whom Mr. Leonard Calvert fome few years after his firft fettling the Colo- 

 ny, was fore'd to reduce, and of late the Emperor of Nanticoke , and his Men were 

 defervedly defeated by the prefent Governor, Mr. Charles Cahert, who redue'd him 

 about the year 1668. which has fince tam'd the ruder fort of the neighboring Indi- 

 um, who now by experience, find it better to fubmit and be protected by the Lord 



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