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woman who married a Delaware Indian , and 
conformed their manners ; f he left feveral 
children behind her, who were now come to 
look after their horfes and break the young 
ones. It rained very faft for an hour, and in 
the midft of it about half a fcore of the 
5 Nations , who had been on the back of S. 
Carolina to fight the Catawba* s, paffed very 
faft through the town with one poor female 
prifoner, they fhouted couragioufly, but we 
learnt no particulars of this great enterprize: 
about 3 it cleared up, we croffed the creek and 
travelled about io miles, moft of the way 
good rich land, extenfive bottoms and high 
grafs : I faw one lovely white Lychnus 5 feet 
high. Near night it began to rain, and we 
made a bark cabin, which kept us pretty dry, 
the rain continued all night with thunder. 
13th , It cleared up earl}? in the morning. We 
moved forward to our firft cabin, where we 
dined on parched meal, which is fome 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 afhes, till 
it becomes brown, then clean it, pound it in a 
mortar and lift 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 feting out we came near the river. Here 
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