The Mians beinga rude fore of people ufe no Curiofity in pre- 
paring their Phyfickj yec are they not ignorant of the nature and 
iifes of their plants, but they ufe no correftives to takeaway the 
flatuous,naufeous,and other bad qualities of them. They either 
powder, juyce, infufe or boyl them, till the decoftiop be very 
ftrong. 
Their iifual way of cure for moft inward diftempers is by deco- 
ftion, which ihey make partly pedoral, partly fudorifick ; thefe 
they caufe the fick to drink,the quantity of half a pint at a time, 
two or three times a day ; but they give nothing to procure vomit* 
ingin any diftempers, as a bad omen that the difeafed will die ; 
neither did 1 ever know them to ufe any waies of Blooding or 
Cupping. 
If they^haveany Wounds, Ulcers or Fraflures, they have the 
knowledge of curing them. I did once feean whofe arm 
had been broken, and viewing the place, I found the bones to be 
as fmoothly confolidated, and as well reduced, as any E^glifi Chi- 
rurgion could have done it. 
All Indians carry a Powder about them to cure the bites of 
Snakes , and in almoft every Town this powder hath a different 
compofition, and every compofition is certainly effeftual to the 
correfling the malignity of the Venom* Neither was it ever known 
to us, that any Indim fufFered much harm by thefe bites , but in a 
daies time he would be as well as if he had never been bitten: 
Whereas fome of the Englijh for want of a fpeedy remedy ha.ve loft 
their lives. 
The Indians are frequently troubled with Violent Co!icks^ 
^hich oftentimes terminate in Palfies. 
The manner of planting and crderi/7gTohacco. 
InthcTwelve-daiesthey begin to fow their feed rn beds of fine 
Mould, and when the Plants be grown to the bredch of a fiiilling , 
they are fit to replant into the Hills ; for in their Plantations they 
make fmall hills about four foot diftant from each other, fomewhat 
after the manner of our Hop-yards ; Thefe hills being prepared 
againft the plants be grown to the forementioned bignefs ( which 
is about the beginning of May,') they then in moift weather draw 
the plants out of their beds , and replant them in the hills, which 
afterwards they keep with diligent weeding^ When the plane 
/hath put out fo many Leaves as the ground will nourifb to a fub- 
ftance and largenefs that wil l render them Merchantable , then they 
takeoff the top of the plant if the ground be very rich,,they lec 
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