Ret of two GunSj which they purchafe o^ 
the French^ and powder and (hot, they are 
generally excellent marks men ^ their other 
weapons are 'Tamahax^ks which arc ftaves 
two foot and a half long with a knob at 
the end as rov:|flpLS a bowl, and as big as 
that wc call tn^ack or Miftrifs. Lances too 
they have made fas I have faid before ) 
with broken fword blades, likcwife they 
have Hatchets and knives;, but thefe arc 
■' weapons of a latter date. They colour their 
faces red afl ovrr, fuppofing that it makes 
them the more terrible, they arc lufiy Soul-- 
dictk to fee to and very ftrong^rncer Hercules 
Kuflicufcsy their fights arc by Afflbuftiments 
and Surprifes, coming upon one inothec 
unawares. They will march a hundred 
miles through thick woods and fwamps to 
the Mon>han>}^ Countreyj and the Motp- 
happkj into their Countrey^ meeting fome- 
times in the woo^s, or when they come in- 
to an £;^mi£/ Countrey build a rude fort 
with TaUimdoes^ having loop-holes out of 
which they (hoot their Arrowcs, and fire 
their Guns,pelting at csne another a week or 
moneth together \ If any of theni ficp out 
of the Fort they are in danger to bfe taken 
prifoners by the one fide or the other , that 
fide that gets the vi6tory excoriats the hair- 
fcalp of the principal flain Enenjiics which 
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