6 Mr. W A F E Ks Defd ription 



I have feen ten or twelve or more, lying 

 thus in their Hammocks after a Feaft, and 

 the Women ftanding by to look after 

 them, v ' ' ,v k 



g. The Men never ftir abroad upon the moft 

 lu ~ ordinary Occafion, if it be but juft without 

 the Door to make Water, but they take 

 with them fome or other of their Weapons, 

 their Bow and Arrow , Lance , Hatchet , 

 or Macheat or Long-knife. Their moft fre- 

 quent Expeditions in time of Peace, are to 

 go a Hunting, For this is their way of fup- 

 plying themfelves with Flefli 5 and they go 

 out as often as it fails at home. They 

 .fornetimes go out a Family or two only by 

 themfelves 5 but they have often larger 

 and more folemn Huntings, of a great ma- 

 ny in Company together : And there is fel 

 dom a Council held, or Feaft, but there is 

 fdme Hunting Match concluded on before 

 they part • and a time fet for every one to 

 appear w ith their feveral NecelTaries, at the 

 general Rendezvous. 



.A Hunting Expedition laft fornetimes 

 3 or 4 X fornetimes 10, 12, 17 or 18 Days, 

 according as they meet with the Game, 

 and as the Courfe is which they fteer to 

 find it : For fornetimes they will range to 

 the Borders, to vifit or traffick with their 

 Neighbouring Indians 1 and they will hunt 

 all the way as they go and return, They 

 bunt more or lefs at all Seafons of the 



Year § 



