1 6 Some New foyages 



The Calumet of Peace is made of certain Stones^ 

 or of Marble, whether red, black, or white. The 

 Pipe or Stalk is four or five foot long ; the body of 

 the Calumet is eight Inches long, and the Mouth or 

 Head in which the Tobacco is lodg'd, is three In- 

 ches in length ; its figure approaches to that of a 

 Hammer. The red Calumets are moft efteem'd. 

 The Savages make ufe of ? em for Negotiations and 

 State Affairs, and efpecially in Voyages ; for when 

 they have a Calumet in their hand, they go where 

 they will in fafety. The Calumet is trimm'd with 

 yellow, white, and green Feathers, and has the 

 fame effed among the Savages, that the Flag of 

 friendfhip has amongft us ; for to violate the Rights 

 of this venerable Pipe, is among them a flaming 

 Crime, that will draw down mifchief upon their 

 Nations, As for the Colters, they are certain fwathes 

 of two or three Foot in length, and fix Inches in 

 breadth ; being deck'd with little Beads made of a 

 certain fort of fhells that they find upon the Sea 

 fhoar, between New-York and Virginia. Thefe Beads 

 are round, and as thick as a little Pea; but they 

 are twice as long as a grain of Corn : Their colour 

 is either blew or white; and they are bor'd thro 7 

 juft like Pearl, being run after the fame manner 

 upon firings that lye fideways one to another. 

 Without the intervention of thefe Colters, there's no 

 bufinefs to be negotiated with the Savages ; for be- 

 ing altogether unacquainted with writing , they 

 make ufe of them for Contrads and Obligations. 

 Sometimes they keep for an Age the Colters that they 

 have received from their Neighbours ; and in regard 

 that every Colter has its peculiar Mark, they learn 

 from the old Perfons, the Circumftances of the time 

 and place in which they were delivered ; but after 

 that age is over, they are nude ufe of for new 

 Treaties. 



Mr. 



