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than he, and ferved and waited upon him with figns 
of the mod abject fear. The manners and cuftcms 
of the Alachuas, and moll of the lower reeks or 
Siminoles, appear evidently tlndhired with Spa iffi 
civilization. Their religious and civil ufages mani- 
feft a pi ediledtion for the Spanifh cuitoms. There 
are feveral Chridians among them, many of whom 
wear little filver crucifixes, affixed to a wampum 
collar round their necks, or fufpended by a fmall 
chain upon their bread. Thefe are laid to be bap- 
tized ; and notwithftanding mod of them lpeak and 
underdand Spanifh, yet they have been the mod 
bitter and formidable Indian enemies the Spaniards 
ever had. The Oaves, both male and female, are 
permitted to marry am ongd them: their children 
are free, and considered in every refpedt equal to 
themfelves ; but the parents continue in a date of 
ilavery as long as they live. 
In obferving thefe Haves, we behold at once, in 
their countenance and manners, the driking contrad 
betwixt a date of freedom and da very. They are 
the tamed, the mod abjedt creatures that we can 
poffibly imagine: mild, peaceable, and tradtable, 
they feem to have no will or power to adt but as 
directed by their maders ; whilft the free Indians, 
on the contrary, are bold, adHve, and clamorous. 
They differ as widely from each other as the bull 
from the ox. 
The repad is now brought in, confiding of veni- 
fon, dewed with bear’s oil, frefh corn cakes, milk, 
and homony ; and our drink, honey and water, very 
cool and agreeable. After partaking of this ban- 
quet, we took leave and departed for the great fa- 
yanna. 
We 
