The Mould Here Is Excessive Rich, And A Country Very Pleasing To The Eye,
Had It The Convenience Of A Navigable River, As All New Colonies
(Of Necessity) Require.
It would make a delightful Settlement.
We went eight Miles farther, and came to the Wateree Chickanee Indians.
The Land holds good, there being not a Spot of bad Land to be seen
in several Days going.
The People of this Nation are likely tall Persons, and great Pilferers,
stealing from us any Thing they could lay their Hands on,
though very respectful in giving us what Victuals we wanted.
We lay in their Cabins all Night, being dark smoaky Holes,
as ever I saw any Indians dwell in. This Nation is much more populous
than the Congerees, and their Neighbours, yet understand not
one anothers Speech. They are very poor in English Effects,
several of them having no Guns, making Use of Bows and Arrows,
being a lazy idle People, a Quality incident to most Indians,
but none to that Degree as these, as I ever met withal.
Their Country is wholly free from Swamps and Quagmires, being high dry Land,
and consequently healthful, producing large Corn-Stalks, and fair Grain.
{Sunday.}
Next Morning, we took off our Beards with a Razor, the Indians looking on
with a great deal of Admiration. They told us, they had never seen
the like before, and that our Knives cut far better than those
that came amongst the Indians. They would fain have borrow'd our Razors,
as they had our Knives, Scissors, and Tobacco-Tongs, the day before,
being as ingenious at picking of Pockets, as any, I believe,
the World affords; for they will steal with their Feet.
Yesterday, one of our Company, not walking so fast as the rest,
was left behind.
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