feathers, and headed with points of deeres hornes, peeces of
glasse, or flints, which they make fast with an excellent glew
which they have for that purpose, the shaft is a small cane or
sticke, wherewith I have seeme them kill at 20 yards dis-
tance, little birds of the bignesse of sparrows, and they vse to
practise themselves by casting vp small stickes in the aire,
and meeting it with an arrow before it come to ground: their
bow is but weake and shoots level but a little way, they daily
catch partridge, deere, turkies, squirrels and the like of which
there is wonderfull, but as yet we dare not venture ourselves
in the woods to seeke them, nor have we leasure; their houses
are built in an halfe ovall forme 20 foot long, and 9 or 10
foot high with a place open in the top, halfe a yard square,
whereby they admit the light, and let forth the smoake, for
they build their fire, after the manner of ancient halls of
England, in the middle of the house, about which they lie
to sleep vpon mats, spread on a low scaffold hafe a yard from
ground: in one of these houses we now doe celebrate, haveing
it dressed a little better then by the Indians, till we get a
better, which shall be shortly as may be: the naturall wit of
these men is good, conceiueing a thing quick to; they excell
in smell and taste, and have farre sharper sight then we have
their diett is poane, made of wheat, and hominie, of the same
with pease and beanes together, to which sometimes they add
fish, foule, and venison, especially at solemne feasts: they are
very tempate from wines and hote waters, and will hardly
taste them, save those whome our English have carrupted:
for chastity I never see any action in man or woman tendinge
to soe much as levity, and yet the poore soules are daily with
vs and bring vs turkie, partridge, oisters, squirells as good as
any rabbit, bread and the like, running to vs with smileing
countenance and will help vs in fishing, fouling, hunting, or