to North- America. 1 $ 3 



Afternoon, we defcry 'd three or four hundred Sava- 

 ges employed in the Hunting of Beeves, which fwar« 

 med in all the Meads to the Weft ward. As foon as 

 the Hunters fpy'd us, they made a fign that we 

 fhould make towards 'em. Being ignorant whq 3 or 

 how numerous they were, we made a halt at firft ; 

 but at laft we put in about a Musket-fhot above 'em, 

 calling out to 'em that they fhould not approach to 

 us in a Body. Upon that, four of their number 

 came up to us with a fmiling Countenance, and gave 

 us to know, in the llinefe Language, that they were 

 Akanfas. We could not but credit their Report, for 

 they had Knives and Sciffars hanging upon their 

 Necks, and little Axes about 'em, which the llinefe 

 prefent 'em with when they meet. In fine, being 

 affur'd that they were of that Nation, which Mr. de 

 la Salle and feveral other French- men were intimately 

 acquainted with, we landed at the fame place ; and 

 they entertain'd us firft with Dancing and Singing, 

 and then with all forts of Meat. The next day they 

 ftiew'd us a Crocodile that they had knocked in the 

 head two days before, by a Stratagem that youil 

 find defcrib'd in another place: After that they gave 

 us the diverfion of a Hunting Match ; for 'tis cufto- 

 mary with them, when they mean to divert them- 

 felves, to catch the Beeves by the different Methods 

 laid down in this Cur. I put fome Queftions to 'em 

 relating to the Spaniards, but they could not refolve 

 em, All that I learned from 'em was, that the MiJ- 

 fouris and the Ofages are numerous and mifchievous 

 Nations, equally void both of Courage and Honefty ; 

 that their Countries were water'd' with very greac 

 Rivers ; and, in a word, were too good for them. 



After we had fpent two days with them, we pur- 

 fued our Voyage to the River Ouakacb, taking care 

 to watch the Crocodiles very narrowly, of which 

 they had told us incredible Stories. The next day 

 we entered the Mouth of that River, and founded k, 



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