Chao. m. of the E N G L I S H /W A M E R I C A. 18^ 
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“ Trees all bend towards the South, and the Branches 
“ on that Side are larger and ftronger than on the North 
“ Side, as alfo the Mofs upon the Trees. To let their 
“ Wives know how to come at the killed Game, th ey 
from Pkce to Place break off Branches, and lay them 
‘‘ in the Road, pointing them the Way they fliould go, 
and fortietimes Mofsj fo that they never mifs find- 
ing it. 
In Winter when they go abroad, which they muft 
“ do in all Weathers to hunt and fhoot for their daily 
“ Food, before they drefs they rub themfelves all over 
“ with Bear’s Greafej or Oil of Beavers, which does 
“ not freeze, and alfo rub all the Fur off their Beaver 
“ Coats, and then put them on ; they have alfo a kind 
“ of Boots or Stockings of Beaver’s Skin, well oiled 
with the Fur inwards, and above them they have an 
“ oiled Skin laced about their Feet, which keeps out the 
Cold, and alfo Water, where there is no Ice or Snow, 
“ and by this Means they never freeze or fuffer any thing 
by Cold. In Summer alfo, when they gO naked, 
“ they rub themfelves with thefe Oils or Greafe, and ex- 
pofe themfelves to the Sun without being fcorched, 
“ their Skins being always kept foft and fupple by 
it, nor do any Flies, Bugs, Or Mulketoes^ or any 
“ noxious Infefl ever moleft them. When they want to 
“ get rid of it they go into the Water, and rub them- 
“ felves all over with Mud or Clay, and let it dry upon 
“ them, and then rub' it off. But whenever they are free 
from the Oil, the Flies and Mufketoes immediately 
attack them, and oblige them again to anoint them- 
“ felves. 
“ The Indians make no ufe of Honey *, he faw no 
“ Bees there but the wild Humble-Bee j but they are fo 
much afraid of being flung with them, as they go naked 
“ in Summer, that they avoid them as much as they 
“ can. Nor he did not fee any of the Mapple they ufe 
“ in Canada to make Sugar of, but only the Birch, 
whofe Juice they ufe for the fame Purpofe : Boiling 
it until it is black and dry, and then ufing it with 
“ their Meat. They ufe no Milk from the Time they 
are weaned, and they all hate to tafle Cheefe, having 
taken up an Opinion that it is made of dead Men’s 
“ Fat ; they love Prunes and Raifins, and will give a 
“ Beaver Skin for twelve of them, to carry to their 
“ Children, and alfo for a Thrum or Jews Harp. 
“ He fays the Women have all fine Voices, but have 
“ never heard any mufical Inflrument. They are very 
“ fond of all Sorts of Piflures or Prints, giving a Beaver 
for the leafl Print, and all Toys are like Jewels to 
“ them. When he got to the Natives, Southward of 
“ Pachegoia^ he had about thirty Cowries left, and a 
“ few fmall Bells, lefs than Hawks-Bells. When he 
fhewed one of them, they gave him a Beaver’s Skin 
'' for it, and they were fo fond that fome gave him 
two Skins, or three Martin Skins, for one, to give 
“ their Wives to make them fine. The Martins they 
‘‘ take in Traps, for if they fhoot them their Skins 
“ would be fpoiled ; they have generally five or fix at a 
“ Litter. He fays the Natives are fo difcouraged in 
“ their Trade with the Company, that no Skins are 
“ worth the Carnage ; and the fineft Furs were fold for 
“ very little, when they came to the Faflory in June 
1742. The Prices they took for the European Goods 
were much higher than the fettled Prices fixed by the 
Company, which the Governors fix fo to fhew the 
Company how zealous they are to improve their Trade, 
and fell their Goods to Advantage. He fays they 
gave but a Pound of Gunpowder for four Beavers *, a 
Fathom of Tobacco for feven Beavers *, a Pound of 
Shot for one ; an Ell of coarfe Cloth for fifteen ; a 
“ Blanket for twelve ; two Fifh-hooks or three Flints 
“ for one ; a Gun for twenty-Eve ; a Piftol for ten ; a com- 
mon Flat, with white Lace, for feven ; an Ax for four; * 
a Bill-hook for one ; a Gallon of Brandy for four; a che- 
quered Shirt for feven ; all which are fold at a monftrous 
Profit, even to two thoufandp^r Notwithftanding 
this Diicouragement, the two Fleets which went down 
with him, and parted at the Great Fork^ carried down 
two hundred Packs of one hundred each, twenty thoU'’ 
VoL. II Numb. 8p. 
fand Beavers ; and the biher Indians v/lib arrived that 
“ Year, he computed, carried down three hundred Packs 
“ of two hundred each, making thirty thoufand ; iii all fifty 
thoufand Beavers, and above nine thoufand Martins; 
“ The Furs there are much more valuable than the 
“ Furs upon the Canada Lakek fold at New T'otk ; for 
thefe will give five or fix Shillings per Pounds when 
the others fell at three Shillings and Six-pence. He 
“ fays that if a Fort was built at the Great Fork, fixty 
“ Leagues above Tork Fort, and a Fadlory witfi Euro- 
“ pean Goods was fixed there, and a reafonable Price 
“ was put upon the European Goods, that the Trade 
“ would be wonderfully increafed ; for the Natives, front 
“ the Southward of Pachegoia, could make, at leaft^ 
“ two Returns in a Summer, and thofe at greatei* Difo 
“ tances could make one, who cannot now come at all ; 
“ and above double the Number would be employed 
“ in hunting; and many more Skins would be brought 
“ to Market that they cank now afford to bring, for 
“ the Expence and low Price given for them. The 
“ Stream is fo gentle from the Fork to Tork Fort, on 
“ either Branch, that large Veffels and Shallops m.ay be 
“ built there, and carry down the bulky Goods, and 
“ alfo return again againfl the Stream ; and the Climate 
“ is good and fit to produce Grain, Pulfe; and 
“ very good Grafs and Hay for Horfes and Cattle; and 
“ if afterwards any Settlement were made upon Pache- 
“ goia, and Veffels built to navigate that Lake, which 
“ is not rhore Northerly than the Latitude of 52 Degrees^ 
“ the Trade would be ftill vaftly inlarged and im- 
“ proved^ and fpread the Trade not only up the River 
“ and Lakes; as far as the Lake du Bois and du Pluisi 
“ but alfo among the AJfmihouels, and Nations beyond 
“ them ; and the Nation de vieux Homines, who are two 
“ hundred Leagues Weftward of Pachegoia. He fays the 
“ Nations who go up that River, with Prefents, to con- 
“ firm the Peace, are three Months in going, and fay they 
“ Jive behind a range of Mountains beyond Ajjinibcu-^ 
“ els ; he faw feveral of them, who all wanted a Joint of 
“ their little Finger, which they faid was cut off foon 
“ after they were born, but gave no Reafon for it. 
“ Whilft he was at York Fort he got acquainted with 
“ an old Indian who lived at fome Diflance from Nelfon*s 
“ Bay to the Weftward, being one of thofe they call 
“ the home Indians, who had, about fifteen Years agO; 
“ gone at the Head of thirty Warriors, to make War 
“ againft At timofpiquais, Fete Plat^ or Plazcotez de 
“ Chiens, a Nation lying Northward, on the Weftern 
“ Ocean of America ; he was the only one that return- 
“ ed, all the reft being killed, or perifhed through Fa- 
“ tigue, or want of Food; upon their Return, when 
“ they went they carried their own Families with them^ 
“ and hunted and fiflied from Place to Place for two 
“ Winters and one Summer, having left their Country 
“ in Autumn, and in April following came to the Sea 
“ Side on the Weftern Coaft, where they immediately 
“ made their Canoes ; at fome fmall Diflance they faw 
“ an Eland, which was about a League and a half longs 
“ when the Tide was out, or Water fell, they had no Water 
“ betwixt them and the Eland, but when it rofe, it co- 
“ vered all the Paflage and the Eland, as high as the 
“ Woods upon the Shore. There they left their Wives 
“ and Children and old Men, to conduft them home^ 
“ and provide them with Provifions by hunting and 
“ fliooting for them upon the Road ; and He, with. 
“ thirty Warriors, went in queft of the Enemies of the 
“ Fete Plat. 
“ After they parted with their Families they came to 
“ a Streight which they paffed in their Canoes ; the Sea 
“ Coaft lay almoft Eaft and Weft, for he faid the Sun 
“ rofe on his Right-hand, and at Noon it' was almoft 
“ behind him, as he paffed the Streight, and always fet in 
“ tlie Sea. After paffmg the Streight, they coafted along 
“ the Sea for three Months, going into the Country 
“ and Woods as they went along to hunt for Provifions. 
“ He faid they faw a great many large black Fifti, fpout- 
“ ing up Water in the Sea. After they had thus coafted 
“ for near three Months, they faw the Footfteps of fome 
“ Men on the Sand, by which they judged they were 
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