1 8 6 The T)ijlrejfes and Adventures 



Then the Indians advifed, that we fliould 

 take him down to the Canoe, and fteer away 

 to a Place about ten Leagues off, where they 

 faid we might get Plantains, for here were 

 none to be had. Accordingly, we imbarked 

 with our ficfc Companion, but met with 

 fuch terrible bad Weather in this Voyage, as I 

 believe greatly contributed to end his Days. 

 As we were paddling along Shore we faw five 

 Indians, four Men and one Woman, a 

 little Way up the Land. We put in here, 

 and carried my poor Countryman on Shore, 

 who was now fpeechlefi, and almoft ex- 

 piring. I was greatly afflicted to fee him 

 thus in a dying Condition, which I knew 

 was hurry'd on by the late Hardftiips we had 

 undergone. This poor young Man, weak 

 and ill as he had been a long Time, had 

 neverthelefs been expofed, with the reft of 

 us, to all Extremities of Weather, Hunger, 

 Thirft, and Watchings, and was ftill fo un- 

 fortunate, as to fall thus fick in a Place 

 where no Relief could be had, tho* thefe 

 Indians, after the ufual Manner of that Peo- 

 ple, afforded us all the Affiftance in their 

 Power, 



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