NORTH AMERICA* 
73 
windward fide ; and having collected a quantity of 
wood, fufficient to keep up a fire during the night, 
I (truck one up in front, and fpreading fkins on 
the ground, and upon thefej placing a blanket, one 
half I lay down upon, turning the other over me 
for a covering* 
The ftorm came lip, with a furious wind and 
tremendous thunder and lightning* from the oppo- 
fite N. W. coaft, but luckily for me, little rain 
fell, and I retted very well. But as the wind next 
morning blew very frefh, right in upon the fhore, 
there was no poifibility of moving, with fafety, 
from my prefent fituation. I however arofe to 
reconnoitre the ground round about my habita- 
tion, being roufed by the report of a mufket not 
far off. I had not left fight of my encampment, 
following a winding path through a grove of Live 
Oak, Laurel (Magn. grandiflora) and Sapindus, 
before an Indian ftepped out of a thicket, and 
crofted the path juft before me, having a large 
turkey cock flung acrofs his fhoulders: he faw 
me, and ftepping up and fmiling, fpoke to me in 
Englifh, bidding me good morning. I faluted him 
with cf It's well, brother,” led him to my camp, 
and treated him with a dram. This friendly In- 
dian informed me that he lived at the next planta- 
tion, employed as a hunter. I afked him how far 
it was to the houfe, he anfwered about half a mile 
by land, and invited me to go there, telling me 
that his m after was a very good, kind man, and 
would be glad to fee me. I replied, that I would, 
if my boat and effedts in the mean time could be 
fafe. He faid that he would immediately return 
to the houfe, and acquaint his matter with it, who 
would fend trufty negroes to bring my veflel round 
i the 
