CHAPTEK XXL 
OATHS — CURRENCY. 
They have a method of administering 
oaths, by which to secure a statement of 
facts from those giving testimony. Upon 
this point however, I cannot give definite 
information. 
I was told by a native of that country 
that some tribes swore upon salt, and others 
upon snuff. So far as I was able to learn, 
each tribe swears by what it considers the 
most sacred thing ; and ordinarily they have 
a great regard for their oaths. 
Currency. — Every article of exchange 
in that country is money, and besides this 
they have no currency at all. The best 
currency there ( rum and tobacco always 
excepted) are prints, cotton goods, fish- 
hooks, iron spoons, small mirrors, needles 
and iron pots. The English make a goods 
called blue baft, which is in great demand. 
Hoes, axes, and such things as they can use, 
may also be exchanged for their produce at 
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