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evening now came on ; the animating breezes^ 
which cooled and tempered the meridian hours 
of this fultry feafon, now gently ceafed ; the glori- 
ous fovereign of day., calling in his bright beaming 
emanations, left us in his abfence to the milder 
government and protedion of the filver queen of 
night, attended by millions of brilliant luminaries. 
The thundering alligator had ended his horrifying 
roar ; the filver plumed gannet and flork, the fage 
and folitary pelican of the wildernefs, had already 
retired to their filent nodurnal habitations, in the 
neighbouring forefts ; the fonorous favanna cranes, 
in well difciplined fquadrons, now riling from the 
earth, mounted aloft in fpirai circles, far above the 
cjenfe atmofphere of the humid plain ; they again 
viewed the glorious fun, and the light of day fbill 
gleaming on their polifhed feathers, they fang their 
evening hymn, then in a ftraight line majeftically 
defcended, and alighted on the towering Palms or 
lofty Pines, their fecure and peaceful lodging places. 
All around being ftiil and filent, we repaired to reft. 
Soon after fun-rife, a party of Indians on horfe- 
back appeared upon the favanna, to colled toge- [ 
ther feveral herds of cattle which they drove along 1 
near our camp, towards the town. One of the 
party came up, and informed us, the cattle belong- 
ed to the chief of Cufcowiila ; i that he had ordered 
fome of the heft fleers of his droves to be flaughtered 
for a general feafl for the whole town, in compli- 
ment of our arrival, and pacific negotiations. 
The cattle were as large and fat as thofe of the 
rich grazing paftures of Moyomerifing in Pennfylva- 
nia. I'he Indians drove off the lowing herds, and 
we foon followed them to town, in order to be at 
council at the appointed hour, leaving two young 
men of our party to proted our camp. 
Upon 
