Bnglifb divers Towns had two or three thoufand Bow-men in thew^ 
but now, in the Southern parts of Firgima, the biggeft Indian 
Town hath not above five hundred Inhabitants ; many Towns have 
fcarce fixty Bow-men in them,and in one Town tliere are not above 
twenty, and they are fo univerfally thinned in the foremenrioned 
Southern pare , that I verily believe there are not above three 
thoufand left under the whole government of Sir Will. Bartlet ; 
but in my Lord of BMmores territories at the head of the Bay, 
where the Englijh were later feated, they are more numerous, there 
being ftill in fome Towns about three thoufand IndUvs. But 
thefe being in continual wars with each other, are like fliortly to 
be reduced to as fmall numbers a^ the former. 
Infteadof CIoaihs they wear a D^er-skin tacked about their 
middle, and another about their ftoulders, and for Shoes they have 
pieces of Deerskin tied about their feer. 
Their habitations are Cabins, about nire or ten foot bigh,which 
are made after this manner : They fix Poles into the ground , and 
bring the tops of them one within another , and fo tie them toge- 
ther : the oujfide of thefe poles they line with bark to defend 
them from the Injuries of the weather, but they leave a hole on the 
top, right in the middle of the Cabin for thefmoaktogo out ; 
round the infideof their Cabins they hav€ banks of Earrhcaft up, 
which ferve inftead of ftoolsand beds ; they have no kind of houf- 
hold-ftufFbut Earthen-pots, Wooden bowls, and thin Mats to lie 
on; ail which they make themfdves. 
Theirdiet is hdian Corn, Venifon, wild Turkies, Oyfters , and 
all kiiid of Fi(h the Rivers afford ; and all kind of wild Beafts of 
the Woods, 
They are prohibited the keeping either Cows, Sheep or Hoggs, 
by the Englijh^ left they ftould make bold with more than their 
own. 
They did formerly catch their fifli after an odd manner before 
the E^gliJh came amongfl: them, whlth was thus: At the head of 
cheir Canoes they fixed a Hearth , on which in a dark night they 
would make a blaze with fire put to the Ihiversof Pine tree 
then they would paddle their Canoes zXong the flhoar in (hoal- 
water; the filh feeing the light would come as thick as they could 
fwim by each other about the head of the Canoes \ then with fticks 
that were pointed very fliarp at the ends, they would ftrike 
through them and lift them up into the C^w^; But now they have 
learned of the £^^//)i& to catch fifli with book and line , andfome- 
times 
