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woman who married a Delawar Indian, and 
conformed to their manners • fhe left fcycral 
children behind her, who were now come to 
look after their horfes and break the young 
ones. It rained very fall for an hour, and in 
the mid ft ot it about half a fcore of the 
5 Nations , who had been on the back of S. 
Carolina to fight the Catawba's , palled very 
faft through the town with one poor female 
prifoner, they fbouted couragioufly, but we 
learnt no particulars of this great enterprize: 
about 3 it cleared up, we crofted the creek and 
travelled about io miles, moft of the way 
good rich land, extenfive bottoms and high 
grafs : I faw one lovely white Ly chnus 5 feet 
high. Near night it began to rain, and we 
made a bark cabin, which kept us prettv dry, 
the rain continued all night with thunder. 
1 y.h. It cleared up early in the morning. We 
moved forward to our hrft cabin, where wc 
dined on parched meal, which is dome of the 
beft Indians travelling provifion. We had of 
it 2 bags, each a gallon,' from the Indians at 
Onondago , the preparation of it is thus. They 
take the corn and parch it in hot aihes, till 
it becomes brown, then clean it, pound it in a 
mortar and fift it; this powder is mixt with 
fugar. About 1 qr. of a pint, diluted in a pint 
of water, is a hearty traveling dinner, when 
100 miles from any inhabitants ; about 2 hours 
after letina; out we came near the riyer. Here 
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