Cap. VII, T^eCaribby-Iflands. 



undertake that Pilgrimage : And that they might not raife any 

 jealoufie in thofe who had fo kindly invited them, they leave 

 their Bows, Arrows, and Clubs at the laft Village within their 

 Jurifdi&iomand enter into the Province of Bemarin only with a 

 walking ftick, fmging and dancing, as they are all of a merry 

 and divertive difpofition. 



On the other fide, the Apalachites expe&ed them with great 

 devotion, and anfwerably to the Orders they had to that pur- 

 pofe receiv'd from their King, whofe name was Teltlabin, and 

 whofe race commands at prefent among that people 5 they 

 kindly entertain'd all thofe who came to the Sacrifice 5 nay, 

 from the firfr entrance of the Caribbians into their Province, 

 they treated them at ali places as cordially as if they had been 

 their Brethren, and that there had never been any difference 

 between them : They feafted them all along the way , and 

 conducted them up to the Royal City, which to this day they 

 call Melilot ,that is,the City of Councel^ inafmuch as it is the habi- 

 tation of the Ring and his Court: The chiefeft of the Caribbians 

 were magnificently entertain'd at the Palace-Royal, and thofe 

 of the common fort were receiv'd and treated by the Inhabi- 

 tants of the City, who fpar'd no coft to heighten the fatisfaclion 

 of their Guefts. 



The day dedicated to the facrifice of the Sun being come 5 

 the King of the Apalachites with his Court, which was very 

 much encreafed by the arrival of the Caribbians^ and a great 

 number of the Inhabitants of the other Provinces, who were 

 come up to the Feaft, went up very betimes in the morning to 

 the top of the Mountain of Olaimi, which is not a full league 

 difrant from the City : This Prince, according to the cuftome 

 of the Country, was carried in a chair, on the (boulders of 

 fourtallmen, attended by four others of the fame height, who 

 were to relieve the former when they were weary : There 

 marched before him feveral perfons playing on Flutes and o- 

 ther mufical Inftruments 5 with this pomp he came to the place 

 appointed for the AiTembly$ and when the Ceremony was 

 over, he made a great distribution of Cloaths and Furs, more 

 than he had been accuftomed to do upon fuch occafions be- 

 fore: But above all, his liberality was remarkable towards the 

 moft considerable perfons among the Caribbians^ and in imi- 

 tation of the Prince, the wealthiell: of his people made pre- 

 fentsinlike manner to thofe of that Nation who had vouchfafed 

 their folemn Sacrifice with their prefence^ fo that nioft of the 

 Caribbians return d home well fatisfy'd, and in better Liveries 

 than they had brought thence with them : After they were 

 come down from the Mountain, they were again treated and 

 entertain'd with the greateft expreffions of good will, in all 

 the houfes of the Apalachites , through whofe habitations they 

 were to return into their auarters : In fine, to encourage them 



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