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pick out the flicks, roots or ftones, and make, 
it flnooth on the top^ a third, to cleanfo the 
ftomach of the living from gall or any thing 
clfe that made them fick ; a fourth vvafc a 
cordial to chear up their fpirits , a fifth, to 
cloath their bodies and keep them warm, 
a fixth, to join them in mutual friendfhip, a 
ievcnth, to requeft them to let them fettle on 
a branch of Sujqehanah^ another to intreat the 
5; nations that they would take a little care 
to protect their women from infults while out 
a hunting, and the reft for fuch like purpofes. 
This bufinels lafted 4 hours, then we dined 
on Indian corn and fquafh foop, and boiled 
bread. In the afternoon, I went on the 
vveftern mountain as I had the day before on 
the eaflern ; it was very rich and full of tall 
timber quite to the top, the trees were linden, 
elm, fugar-maple, white walnut, oak, hickery 
and chefnut, befides ginfeng, and moft fort of 
herbs that grow on our rich lime-ftone land. 
Thele 2 days the wind was fouth and warm 
and leveral fhowers to the S. E. The council 
met at 9 o’clock, and the kettles of foop and 
a basket of dumplings were brought in for 
our dinner ; after dinner the Antkoques de- 
livered a belt and a firing of Wampum, with 
a complaint that the Maty landers had depoled 
their king, and defired leave to chufe one for 
thcmfelves : to this, as well as all the articles 
opened ycftcrdav, the chiefs returned plaufible 
