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regard to our fecial or moral conduct. O divine 
fimplicity and truths friendfhip without fallacy or 
guile, hofpitality difinterefted, native, undefined, 
unmodified by artificial refinements ! 
My venerable hod gracefully and with an air of 
tefpeel:, led me into an airy, cool apartment ; where 
being feated on cabins, his women brought in a re- 
frelhing repair., confiftiftg of fodden venifon, hot 
corn cakes, &c. with a pleafant cooling liquor made 
of hommony well boiled, mixed afterwards with 
milk ; this is ferved up either before or after eat- 
ing in a large bowl, with a very large fpoon or ladle 
to fup it with. 
After partaking of this fimple but healthy and 
liberal collation, and the dimes cleared off, Tobac- 
co and pipes were brought j and the chief filling one 
of them, whofe item, about four feet long, was 
fheathed in a beautiful fpeckled fnake fkin, and 
adorned with feathers and firings of wampum, lights 
it and fmoaks a few whiffs, puffing the frnoak firrt 
towards the fun, then to the four cardinal points, 
and laftly over my breaft, hands it towards me, 
which I cheerfully received from him and fmoak- 
cd ; when we fell into converfation. He firft en- 
quired if I came from Charlefton? if I knew John 
Stewart, Efq. how long fince I left Charlefton ? &c. 
Having fatisfied him in my anfwers in the bell man- 
ner I could, he was greatly pleafed 5 which I was 
convinced of by his attention to me, his cheerful man- 
ners, and his ordering my horfe a plentiful bait of 
corn, which lad inftance of refpeel is conferred on 
thofe only to whom they manifeft the higheft efteem ? 
faying that corn was given by the Great Spirit only 
for food to man, 
I acquainted 
