what we please: they hold it lawfull to have many wiues,
but all keep the rigour of coniugall faith to their husbands
the very aspect of the women is modest and grave; they are
generally so noble, as you can doe them noe favour, but they
will returne it: there is small passion amongst them, they vse
in discourse of great affaires to be silent, after a question
asked, and then after a little studdie to answere in few words,
and stand constant to their resolution; if these were once
Christian, they would doubtlesse be a vertuous and renowned
nation; they exceedingly desire civill life and Christian
apparrell and long since had they beene cloathed, had the
covetous English merchants (who would exchange cloath for
nought but beauer, which every one could not get) held them
from it (God forbid we should do the like): as for religion
we neither have language as yet to finde it out, nor care wee
trust therein the ptestant interpretours; M^r Altham, hath
writ somethin thereof, w^ch himselfe can witnesse; and like-
wise M^r Thorowgood, who drive trade with the Indians;
They acknowledge one god of heaven, whome they call our
god, and crie a 1000 shames on those that so lightly offend
soe good a god, but give noe externall honnour to him But
vse all their might to please an Okee which signifies a fran-
tique spirit, for feare of harme from him. I heare also, they
adore wheat and fire, as gods very beneficiall to mans nature,
In the Matchcomaco, or temple of the Patuxans, this cere-
monie was seene by our trades; at a day appointed the
townes about mett together, and built a great fire, then
standinge all about the same, lifted vp their hands to heaven
Crieing Taho Taho, after this was brought forth a bagge of
Peake, which is their tobacco, with a great tobacco pipe, and
carried about the fire, a young man following it, crieing Taho
Taho, with great variety of gesture of body, this done they