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35* A M E%^I C A Chap. XVIII, 



folv'd upon, they fell unawares on the Jpalacbites, whofe King hacTncverthelefs Co 

 much time, that he Guarded the ufual Paths which dire&ed to the inhabited Vil- 

 lages : But the Jpalacbites leaving the common Roads, climb'd over almoft inac- 

 ceilible Mountains, and Co got into*thc heart of the Countrcy, which exceedingly 

 amaz'd Taracoufis (for Co that King was call'd) who lay Encamp'd at the Foot of a 

 Mountain, whether the Van of the Jpalacbites were marching : whereupon he fend- 

 ing his Army to meet them, they began a moft fierce Combat ; when at laft both 

 Parties .wanting Arrows, they fell upon one another with Glubs till the Night 



m'o^o" £ arted them 5 and ncith <* couId boaftof the Viftory. At laft this War was turn'd 



icrmsof a- into Peace, and the Articles of Agreement were theie, viz. 



gr cement _ O > w "%• 



7^u/ 1 " nat tk Co »«»"« jhouldfor ever poffeji the Province Amana, and become one People 

 with the Apalachites, mi acknowledge thelQng o/Apalachc/or their Chief Governor . 

 After which the Qofachites were call'd Caribbeeans, which fignifies Accidental Sub- 

 Th £y mi .ff j e {} s ; Bu t thefe two forts of People did not long agree 5 for the Caribbeeans Weighted 

 the Cuftoms of the Jpalacbites in the Countrcy Bemarin, and at the fame time 

 threw ofT their Obedience to the King, chofe one %agazjn for their Governor, fob- 

 du'd the neighboring Province tMatika, and at laft defi'd the Apalachites \ who infe- ' 

 rior to them in Strength, and making ufe of fubtilty, foppos'd it the beft way to 

 make a Difference amongft the Caribbeeans themfelves . to which the Priefts freely 

 profTcr'd their Affiftance, and their Defign prov'd alfo fuccefsful • for the Caribbee. 

 ans regarding no Religion (onely dreading the angry Deity Mabouya) the Apalachite 

 , JOSH?* Pdefts call ' d M"V, took great pains to perfwade their Neighbors to the worfiiip. 

 ih e s„>. ping of the Sun ; which fo prevail'd, that a cenfiderable number of them afcending 

 the Mountain Olaimi, fell down and fhew'd Reverence to that celeftial Luminary . 

 which Opportunity Varacoufts taking notice of, caus'd the Jaova's to publifo amongft 

 the Caribbeeans, That in the beginning of the Maairims, or March, a great Feaft mould 

 be held in Reverence to the Sun on the ufual place, where the King would Enter- 

 tain, and give Prefents to all the Worfoippers thereof. 



How great a Religion this Sun-worfliip was antiently amongft the Gentiles, ap. 

 pears from the Writings of feveral authentick Authors. 



The Syrians, whofe Idolatry the I/raelites learn'd, honor the Sun by the Name of 

 'Bahal, which fignifies Lord. 



The nenicians call'd the Sun <Beel.jamen, Lord of the Heavens \ and the Citizens of 

 Accaron, Baal-zebahim, Lord of the Offerings ., but God chang'd the Name to <Baal. 

 %ebub, or The God ofFlyes. 



Moloch, or Milcom alfo fignifi'd the Sun amongft the Jmmonites . in honor of which 

 Children were carried by their Parents, and fet between two great Fires, or elfc by 

 the Priefts, upon pretence of cleanfing them; and fometimes parch'd to death in 

 an Image of Moloch, which had feven Cavities heated like Ovens. 



Macrobius tells us, That the Affyrians afcrib'd the fupream Command to the Sun 

 under the Name of Adad, and to the Goddefs AdargatU, reprefenting the Image of 

 Mad wnh Beams dartingdownwards, and Adargatis with thofe that foot upwards • 

 by the firft they exprefs'd, that the celeftial Power confifted in Sun.beams, which 

 foooting downwards warm the Earth , and by the fecond, that all things by thofe 

 Beams were cherifo'd and cnliven'd. 



The moft magnificent Temple which Syria Apamena boafted, was Confecrated to 

 the Sun. 



The Arabians Offer'd Myrrhe on the tops of their Houfes at the Rifing of the 

 Sun • who alfo was the Chamos and <Bad-<Peor of the Moabites and Medians. 



Near the %ed-Sea, lay the City Saifamfa, which fignifies TbeHoufe of the Sun, fa- 

 mous for the many Feafts which were kept there in honor of this Planet. The 



Sun ge 



The Si 



ncrally wor- 

 Jhipp'd by 

 the antient 

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