ing Jeronimus told me that a savage tried to kill him with a knife.

December 19. We received a letter from Marten Gerritsen dated December
18, and with it we received paper, salt, tobacco for the savages, and a
bottle of brandy, and secured an Indian that was willing to be our
guide for the Sinnekens. We gave him half a yard of cloth, two axes,
two knives, and two awls. If it had been summer, many Indians would
have gone with us, but as it was winter they would not leave their
land, because it snowed very often up to the height of a man. To-day
we had a great rainfall, and I gave the guide a pair of shoes. His
name was Sqorhea.

December 20. We took our departure from the second castle, and, after
marching a league, our savage, Sqorhea, came to a stream that we had to
pass. This stream ran very fast; besides, big cakes of ice came
drifting along, for the heavy rainfall during yesterday had set the ice
drifting. We were in great danger, for if one of us had lost his
footing it had cost us our lives; but God the Lord preserved us, and we
came through safely. We were wet up to above the waist, and after
going for another half league we came thus wet, with our clothes, shoes
and stockings frozen to us, to a very high hill on which stood 32
houses, like the other ones. Some were 100, 90, or 80 paces long; in
every house we saw four, five, or six fireplaces where cooking went on.
A good many savages were at home, so we were much looked at by both the
old and the young; indeed, we could hardly pass through. They pushed
each other in the fire to see us, and it was more than midnight before
they took their departure. We could not absent ourselves to go to
stool; even then they crawled around us without any feeling of shame.
This is the third castle and is named Schanidisse. The chief's name is
Tewowary. They lent me this evening a lion skin to cover myself; but
in the morning I had more than a hundred lice. We ate much venison
here. Near this castle there is plenty of flat land, and the wood is
full of oaks and nut trees. We exchanged here one beaver skin for one
awl.

December 21. We started very early in the morning, and thought of
going to the fourth estate, but after a half league's marching we came
to a village with only nine houses, of the name of Osquage; the chief's
name was Oquoho--that is, wolf. And here we saw a big stream that our
guide did not dare to cross, as the water was over one's head beca