Chap. II. sA ME%_IC A. 20? 



Two days after, Powhatan having difguis'd himfelf in the moft fearful manner 

 he could, caus'd Captain Smith to be brought forth to a great Houfc in the Woods, 

 and there upon a Mat by the Fire to be left alone. Not long after, from behind a 

 Mat that divided the Houfc, was made the moft doleful noife he ever heard ; then 

 fowhatan, more like a Devil than a Man, with about two hundred more as black as 

 himfelf, came unto him, and told him, That now they were Friends, and prefently 

 heftiould go to James-Town, to fend him two great Guns and a Grindftone, for 

 which he would give him the Countrey oiCafaho^ofick y and for ever efteem him as 

 his Son Nantaquoud. So to James-Town with twelve Guides Powhatan fent him. 

 That Night they Quarter'd in the Woods, he (till expecting (as he had done all 

 this long time of his Imprifonment) every hour to be put to one Death or other, 

 for all their Fcafting : but Almighty God (by his Divine Providence) had molli- 

 fi'd the Hearts of thofe ftern barbarians with companion. The next Morning be- 

 times they came to the Fort, where Smith having us'd the Salvages with what kind- 

 nefs he could, he fliew'd %awhunt y Powhatan's trufty Servant, two Demi-Culverins 

 and a Milftone, to carry to Powhatan : they found them fomewhat too heavy . but 

 when they faw him Difcharge them, they being loaded with Stones, amongft the 

 Boughs of a great Tree loaded with Ifickles,the Ice and Branches came fo tumbling 

 down, that the poor Salvages ran away half dead with Fear. But at laft we re- 

 gain dVomc Conference with them, and gave them fomc Toys, and fent to Powha- 

 tan's Women and Children fuch Prefents, as gave them in general, full content. 



Sect, V. 



Carolina. . 



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CArolina is that part of Florida which lies between twenty nine and thirty fix « 

 Degrees and thirty Minutes of Northern Latitude : It is wafh'd on thcofew.-.. 

 Eaft and South, with the Jtlantick Ocean ; on the Weft with Mare Pacifi- 

 sm, or the South Sea ; and on the North, bounds on Virginia. A Countrey wherein 

 Nature fhews how bountiful the can be without the affiftance of Art, the Inhabi- 

 tants (excepting a little Afti*which their old Men and Women Plant) depending 

 meerly on the natural and fpontaneous Growth of the Soil for their Provifions, 

 the Woods furnifliing them with ftore of Fruit and Venifon, and the Rivers with 

 plenty of fevetal forts of wholfom and favory Fifli. 



This Maintenance, which without forecaft or toil they receive from the natural 

 fruitfulnefs of the Countrey, will, if we confider either the largenefs of their 

 Growch, or the duration of their Lives, be thought neither fcanty nor unhealthy, 

 their Stature being of a larger fize than that of Englijh.men, their Make ftrong and 

 well proportion'd, a crooked or mif-fhapen Perfon being not to be found in the 

 whole Countrey } and (where the chance of War, which they are almoft continu- 

 ally engag'd in one againft another in their little Governments, fpares any of 

 th«m) they live to an incredible old age 5 fo that when the Englijb came there, they 

 found fome of their Kings, who faw defcend from them the fixth Generation. 



The Soil is very rich and fertile, producing naturally Walnuts, Grapes (of**** 

 which the EngUjh who are there Planted have made very good Wine) Apricocks 

 Bullys, with a multitude of others , befides the Woods alfo are full of very good 

 Peaches, and all the Seafon of the Year ftrew'd all over with Strawberries. Mul- 

 berry .Trees are the common growth of the Woods 5 and to affure you they are the 

 natural Offspringof the Place, and grow to an incredible bigneIs,one whereof the 

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