TRAVELS IN 
Soon after entering the forefts, we were met in 
the path by a fmall company of Indians, fmilirig 
and beckoning to ns long before we joined them. 
This was a family of Talahafochte who had been 
out on a hunt, and were returning home loaded 
with barbecued meat, hides and honey. Their com- 
pany confided of the man, his wife and children, 
well mounted on fine horfes, with a number of 
pack-horfes. The man prefently offered us a fawn- 
fkin of honey, which we gladly accepted, and at 
parting I presented him with fome fifh-hooks, few- 
ing needles, &c. ; for in my travels amongfl the In- 
dians, I always furnifhed myfelf with fu'ch ufeful 
and acceptable little articles of light carriage, for 
prefents. We parted, and before night rejoined 
our companion at the Long Pond. 
On our return to camp in the evening, we were 
faluted by a party of young Indian warriors, who 
had pitched their camp on a green eminence near 
the lake, and at a fmall diffance from our camp, 
under a little move of Oaks and Palms. This 
company confided of feven young Simincles, under 
the conduct of a young prince or chief of Talaha- 
fochte, a town fouthward on the ifthmus, They were 
all dreffed and painted with lingular elegance, and 
richly ornamented with diver plates, chains, &c. 
after the Siminole mode, with waving plumes of 
feathers on their creds. On our coming up to 
them, they arofe and (hook hands ; we alighted and 
fat a while with them by their cheerful fire. 
The young prince informed our chief that he 
was in purfuit of a young fellow, who had fled 
from the town, carrying off with him one of his fa- 
vourite young wives or concubines. He faid mer- 
rily, he would have the ears of both of them before 
he 
