NORTH AMERICA. 
Upon our arrival we repaired to the public fquare 
or council-houfe, where the chiefs and fenators were 
already convened ; the warriors and young men af- 
fembled foon after, the bufmefs being tranfadled 
in public. As it was no more than a ratification 
of the late treaty of St. Auguftine, with fome par- 
ticular commercial ftipulations, with refpedl to the 
citizens of Alachua, the negotiations foon terminated 
to the fatisfaclion of both parties. 
The banquet fucceeded ; the ribs and choked fat 
pieces of the bullocks, excellently well barbecued, 
were brought into the apartment of the public fquare, 
condrudled and appointed for feading; bowls and 
kettles of dewed flefn and broth were brought in for 
the next courfe, and v/ith it a very fingular difh, 
the traders call it tripe foup ; it is made of the belly 
or paunch of the beef, not overcleanfed of its 
contents, cut and minced pretty fine, and then 
made into a thin foup, feafoned well with fait and 
aromatic herbs ; but the feafoning not quite flrong 
enough to extinguifh its original favour and fcent* 
This difh is greatly edeemed by the Indians, but 
is, in my judgment, the lead agreeable they have 
amongfl them. 
The town of Cufcowilla, which is the capital of 
the Alachua tribe, contains about thirty habitations, 
each of which confids of two houfes nearly the fame 
fize, about thirty feet in length, twelve feet wide, 
and about the fame in height. The door is placed 
mkfway on one fide or in the front. This houfe 
is divided equally, acrofs, into two apartments, one 
of which is the cook room and common hall, and 
the other the lodging room. The other houfe is 
nearly of the fame dimenfions, {landing about twenty 
yards from the dwelling houfe, its end fronting 
the 
