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fend themfelves, and procure the necefiaries of 
This is a calculation not eafily formed. I have 
been at fome pains to obtain information upon this 
head ; and by the means which I fhall purfue, of 
their populoufnefs one may be able to make a tole- 
rable eflimation. 
Leaving the ftraights of Belleille, and proceeding 
northwards, the firft tribe, or fettlement, you come 
to, is that of Ogbudtoke. Here they have the moft 
boats, by reafon of their being nearefl to the Euro- 
peans ; and allowing fifteen perfons to each boat, 
including men, women, and children, which is 
rather an under-rating, the boats being eighteen, 
the number of this tribe will be, 270 
The next tribe is at Nonynoke, where the' 
Moravians are fettled. Thefe have only five 
boats ; but then they are more crouded, fo f 
admitting twenty to a boat their number is, 
Keewedloke is the feat of the next tribe.' 
Here they have no more than fix boats j yet 
notwithftanding, they are the largefi: tribe upon t 
the coaft. My Indian imagined them to be one 
third more numerous than the Ogbucktoke 
tribe, fo that they amount to about 
life. 
Of their numbers. 
Nepawktoot, 
70 
800 
D d d 2 , 
Can- 
