clothes and gave me what they usually wear themselves--a blanket, a
piece of coarse cloth, and a pair of shoes made of deer-skin.

The better sort of Indians have shirts of the finest linen they can get;
and with these some wear ruffles, but they never put them on till they
have painted them different colours, and do not take them off to wash,
but wear them till they fall into pieces. They are very proud, and
delight in trinkets, such as silver plates round their wrists and necks,
with several strings of _wampum_, which is made of cotton, interwoven
with pebbles, cockle-shells, &c. From their ears and noses they have
rings and beads, which hang dangling an inch or two.

The hair of their heads is managed in different ways: some pluck out and
destroy all except a lock hanging from the crown of the head, which they
interweave with wampum and feathers. But the women wear it very long,
twisted down their backs, with beads, feathers, and wampum, and on their
heads they carry little coronets of brass or copper.

No people have a greater love of liberty or affection for their
relations, yet they are the most revengeful race on earth, and inhumanly
cruel. They generally avoid open fighting in war, yet they are brave
when taken, enduring death or torture with wonderful courage. Nor would
they at any time commit such outrages as they do, if they were not
tempted by drink and money by those who call themselves civilised.

At Alamingo I was kept nearly two months, till the snow was off the
ground--a long time to be among such creatures! I was too far from any
plantations or white people to try to escape; besides, the bitter cold
made my limbs quite benumbed. But I contrived to defend myself more or
less against the weather by building a little wigwam with the bark of
the trees, covering it with earth, which made it resemble a cave, and
keeping a good fire always near the door.

Seeing me outwardly submissive, the savages sometimes gave me a little
meat, but my chief food was Indian corn. Having liberty to go about was,
indeed, more than I had expected; but they knew well it was impossible
for me to escape.

At length they prepared for another expedition against the planters and
white people, but before they set out they were joined by many other
Indians from Fort Duquesne, well stored with powder and ball that they
had received from the French.

As soon as the snow was quite gone, so that no trace of their footsteps
could be