4 8 
The HiHory 
I might Treat largely of their 
Cnjtoms and Manners , but that 
will not agree with my pro- 
pofed Brevity. 
As foon as their Children are 
born, they wafh them in cold 
Water, efpecially in cold Weather. 
To harden and embolden them, 
they plunge them in the River , 
they find their Feet early, ufual- 
ly at Nine Months they can go. 
The Boys Fifh til] Fifteen, then 
Hunt, and having given proof 
of their Manhood, by a large 
return of Skins, they may Mar- 
ry (elfe his afhame to think of 
a Wife) which is ufiially at the 
Age of Seventeen or Eighteen ; 
the Girls flay with their Mothers, 
and help to hoe the Ground, 
Plant Corn, bear Burdens, and 
Marry about Thirteen or Four- 
teen. 
