2\z The Hiflory of Book II. 



dinary Roads and ways which led to the flat Country, which, 

 as we faid, lie between the Mountains, having left their Wives 

 and Children neer the great Lake, under the guard of fome 

 Forces they had drawn off from the main Body, and being 

 guided by fome of the Apalachites, whom they had furprized 

 fifhing in the great Lake, crofs'd through the woods, and 

 made their way over mountains and precipices, over and 

 through which the Camels could hardly have pafs'd, and by 

 that means got into the heart and centre of the Country, and 

 found themfelves of a fudden in a Province, called that of the 

 Amanites : They without any refiftance furpriz'd the chiefeft 

 places of it, wherein they found to guard them only Women, 

 Children, and fome old men, fuch as were notable to follow 

 their King, who with his people lay expecting the Enemy at 

 the ordinary defcents which led into the Country. 



The Cofachites perceiving that their defign had prov'd fo 

 fuccefsful, and that there was a great likelihood that in a fhort 

 time they mould become Matters of the whole Country, fince 

 they had met with fo good fortune immediately upon their 

 firft appearance, profecuted their conquefts further, and having 

 Cities for their retreat, where they had left good ftrong Gar- 

 rifons, they marched towards the Ring of Jpalacha, with a 

 refolution either to fight him, or at leaft oblige him to allo w 

 them the quiet poffemon of fome part of the Country. The 

 Apalachite was extreamly furpriz'd, when he underftood that 

 the Enemy, whom he had all this while expected on the Fron- 

 tiers, and at the known avenues of the Country, had already 

 poflefs'd himfelf of a Province that lay in the centre of his 

 Dominions, and that he had left Garrifons in the Cities and 

 moft considerable places thereof : However 3 being a magnani- 

 mous and gallant Prince, he would try whether the chance of 

 Arms would prove as favourable to him, as he thought his 

 caufegood and juft , he thereupon came down with his people 

 out of the Mountains, where he had encamped himfelf 5 and 

 having encourag'd thole that were about him to do their ut- 

 moft, he confidently fet upon the van- guard of the Cofachites, 

 which was come out to obferve his motion : having on both 

 fides (pent all their arrows, they came to a clofe fight, and ha- 

 ving taken their Clubs, there was a great (laughter in both Ar- 

 mies, till that night having feparated them, the Cofachites ob- 

 ferv'd that they had loft a great number of theirs in the en- 

 gagement, and found that they had to do with a people that 

 behav'd themfelves more valiantly than they had imagined to 

 themfelves they would have done 5 and confecjuently that their 

 beft courfe would be to enter into a friendly treaty with them, 

 rather than venture another hazard of their Forces in a ftrange 

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Upon ifcisthey refclv'd, that the next morning they would 



fend 



