A zz ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH COLONY [October, 



Norfolk Ifland, and three to ftand in the pillory, to which their ears 

 were to be nailed. Thefe laft, affording fomething like amufement 

 to the mob, were fufficientiy covered with dirt and rotten eggs. 



It may be fome relief to turn from the contemplation of fuch ini- 

 quity, though it mould be only to the tranfactions of favages differing 

 from thefe wretches but in complexion. 



On the 20th of the month the fettlement were fpedtators of a fevere 

 conteft which took place between two parties of natives ; one of which 

 v/as defirous of revenging the death of a friend, who had been killed 

 by fome native of a part of the country from which a young man had 

 juft then accidentally come amongft them. He was therefore imme- 

 diately devoted to their vengeance. He moft gallantly ftood the attack 

 of numbers, defending himfelf with the greateft bravery and addrefs* 

 until, being wounded in feveral places, he fell. As he lay upon the 

 ground, feveral of his opponents treacheroufly ruihed in upon him, 

 and (tabbed him repeatedly with a pointed ftick, which they call a 

 Doo-ul. In this fituation he endeavoured to cover himfelf with his 

 ihield on which, having rifen from the ground, and being again at- 

 tacked, he received their fpears for fome time with great dexterity; 

 until fome one, lefs brave and more treacherous than the reft, took a 

 flation unobferved on one fide, and launched a fpear, which went 

 into his back and there remained. Seeing this, they were proceeding 

 a fecond time to rufh in upon him, when he had juft ftrength enough 

 left to make his efcape into an adjoining houfe, where he received 

 fhelter, and from the feverity of his wounds immediately fainted. The 

 fpear was withdrawn, and his wounds dreffed by one of the furgeons 

 who happened to be prefent, and he ftiortly recovered. His brother, 

 who had accompanied him to the field of battle, ftood up in his de- 

 fence, and was alfo feverely wounded. Several of their women at- 

 tended on the occafion, and, as is common with them, howled and 

 cried alternately during the fight fometimes dancing and beating 

 their fides with their arms ; a certain proof of their paflions being 

 wrought up to the higheft pitch. 



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