Chap. II. A M E %^I C A. l9J 



Tbr chiefeft of thofe Tribes or Divifions of People among the InJL ****** 

 ans, that were by Name known to the Englijh at their firft arrival,were ££& 

 upon the River Touhatan the Kccougbtans, the 'Tdfrabcges, ( on whofc ofr,r * inia ' 

 Land is feared fames-Tomi) the Weanoc\s y Arrohatocks, the Appame- 

 tqcfa th? 3^MfammJs, the Cbefapeac{s,&c. On the River Tamaunfoe, 

 ifethcYoungtanunds, thcMattapaments, &c. On the River Toppabal 

 noc, the Manahoacfa the Moraghtacunds, and the Cuttatammens. On 

 the River Tatamme^ thzlVigbcocomocam, ihtOnartmaniems , and the 

 Moyanances. On the River Tamuxunt, the Acquintacfuacs, the7\rti» 

 tuxwts, and the Matapunients. On the River c £o/w, the Stfquefnhanoes: 

 Southward from the Bay, the Cbawonocly, the Mangoacl\s y the Afo/w- 

 aww, the Mamiahockj, the Mafatt>ome{s y the Atquanabucfa, and the ^>/"i * 

 caranaocfy, befides a number not material to be nam'd , as having had 

 little of Tranfadtion that we hear of with the Planters. 



The number of Englijh inhabitants in this Country are in this pre- Nimbcrof 

 fent Year 1671- about thirty or forty thoufand, who are plentifully Lte,iuitt$ - 

 ftock'd with all forts of tame Cattel, as Cows, Sheep, Horfes, Swine, 

 &c. and all forts of Englijh Grain ; great ftore of brave Orchards for 

 Fruit, whereof they make great quantities of Cyder and Perry. 



They have been much oblig d by that worthy Gentleman Mr. Ed~ 

 ward Digger, Son of Sir Dudley Digges, who was Mafter of the Rolls, 

 and a Privy Councellor to King Charles the Firft,of Cjreat Britain, &c. 

 For the faid Mr. Digges at his great Charge and Induftry, hath very 

 much advanced the making of Silk in this Countrey , for which pur- 

 pofe he hath fent for feveral Perfons out of Armenia to teach them that 

 Art , and how to wind it off the Cods of the Silk-worms ; and hath 

 made at his own Plantation in this Colony for fome years laftpaft, 

 confiderable quantities of Silk, which is found to be as good Silk as a- 

 ny is in the World, which hath encourag'd divers others to profecute 

 that Work. 



Though this Countrey be capable of producing many other good The Com 



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ommoduies, yet the Planters have hitherto imploy'd themfelves for r*&*. 



the moft part in Planting of Tobacco , as they do in Ma^y-Land^ 

 whereof here are two f :, ts, one which is call'd Swet-fcented, and the 

 other call'd Oranoacf^, or "Bright and Large , which is much more in 

 quantity, but of lefler price than the former ; and the Plantations up- 

 on York^%iyer are efteem'd to produce the beft of that fort of Sweet- 

 fcented: T here is fo much of this Commodity Planted in Firginia^nd 

 Imported from thence into England, that the Cuftom and Excife paid 

 in England Tor it , yields the King about fifty or threescore thoufand 

 Pounds Sterlings per annum: With this Commodity the Planters buy 

 of the Ships that come thither for it (which are above a hundred Sail 

 yearly from England, and other Fngli/h Plantations) all Necetfaries of 

 Clothing,and other Utenfils of Hou (hold-fluff,^, which they want, 

 though they make fome Shoes, and Linnen and Woollen Cloth in 

 fome Parts of Virginia, of the growth and Manufacture of the Coun- 

 trey • and if they would Plant lefs Tobacco (as it is probable they will 

 e're long find it convenient for them to do, it being now grown a Drug 



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