beige Bere i 2 ie SEETTE xe No ASTON TS eG University of Virginia Lib F229 .B622 ALD The discovery of Nevv Brittain NAO Sats Set ae : Oh one Ni Bo ase a ms a is Pe ce fn eo ARN Barc S a ata! noseReal nA rian ore F) ¢ & Fieee Poe eat ae { iQ i ¥PE a RettPai a ae ae i+ i. re ee74 Vy ef LIT 4a ae ne etre Y 7 ‘ 4 i 5DISCOVERY OF Nevv Brittaine. Began efuguit 27. AnnoDom. 16506 Edward Bland, Merchant, B Abraham woode, Captaine. YS sackford Brewfter, . Gentlemen. Elias Pewnant, $ From Fort Henry, at the head of Appa- matiuck River in V, irginia, to the als of Blandtna,firft River in New Brite taine , which runneth Welt ; being 1220. Mile South-weft , between 75. & 37.degrees,(a pleafane Country,) of temperate Ayre, and fertile Soyle. LONDON, Printed by Thomas Harper for John Stephenfon , at the Sun below Ludgate, #t,DC.L 1. \Ey Oe eee 2 an eres a a Ped Ay ab ag FIP ) ay PL Ealiament of England. Noble Sir: found from your Worthy felfe covery of the Wefterne Part of Virgima,wherein Great Favourer of the-WeeSterne Planta- tions, and a eMember of the ‘Par- HE great Incouragement that I ‘have to propogate the Publique Affaires, as well Forraigne as Domeftique, hath smbolned mee to prefume humbly to prefent this {mall Piece of the Dif- you fhallpi fhali finde by the Induftry of the - Surveyors Part, “the great Benefit that ney accrew tothe lith Plantation § in regard of the many y.and {eve Cott modities that may aad arife, by rcafon the'ferrility of the Soyle’, eae ving. provided plentifully for alb things, thar wath no. extra orc cs at Charge it may be effected, tothe ereat Pri and more Glory of th ea ng Slit h Nation: And whe t s ’ » peo 6 bong rowed i, it ~< tent ndi ans tO the i. take notice you ob ferve tHe Orators f{aying ow were nie borne forsem - felfes but for younC “Which th lat you may ever - ¢, fhall-be the P SIR, NS A (spas Ue sz 7 UV OG s Fe i i , rave AG vw: | a V4 5 & eb lp ite wwe? Pe he ate ee aoeMB Ho ever thou art eeees that defireft the Ad- te vancement of Gods x fat glory by converfien et Bean of the Indians, the t fetes, Augmentation of Rappers the Engl{h Com- ene mon-wealth, 172 ex- Se tending its -luber- nm ties; I would aduife ay thee to confider the aan! prefent benefit and |, future profits that will arife in the wel fetling Virginia's Confines, eppectally that happy Country of New Brittaine , 12 the Latitude of 35.and 37. degrecs, of more temperate.Clymate then rhat the Englafo vow tnba- bite, abounding with great Rivers of long extent , and en- compaffing a great part, er moft of Virginia's Continent 3.4 place fo eafie to be [ettled 1m, in regard that Horje and Cat- tle in foure or five dayes may be conveyed for the benefit of Undertakers , and all inconvemencies aveyded which com- - . #3 m oily o = i i ’ &* | Sk eee acommonly attend New Plantations, being Supplied with ne- ceff aries from the Neighbourhood of Virginia. That the Affembly of Virginia (as may be feene by their Order fince my returne heereto procured) have coucerved a hundred to be a fuffictent force and competence for the efta- blifhment of that Country in which Tobacco wil grow larger and more in quantity. Sugar Canes are {uppofed naturally te be there , or at leaft if implanted will undoubtedly flourifh : For we brought with us thence extraordinary Canes of twen- ty five foot long and fix inches round; there ts alfo great flore of fifh, and the Inhabitants relate that there is plenty of Salt made to the Sunne without art ; Tobacce Pipes bave beene feene among thefe Indians tipt with Silver, and they weave Copper Plates about therr necks : They have two Crops of Indtan Corne yearely . whereas Virginia hath but one. What I write, @ what Ihave proved , I cordzally wifh (ome more then private Sprits would take tt inte their confiderat1- on, {0 may tt prove moft advantagious te particular and pub- lick ends ; for which fo prayeth, Your faithful) fervant, Edward Bland. Odoberfee = ‘Hee be fee fee He zee : Odgober20. 1650. By the Affembly, . © gp T ts Ordered by the Grand Affemlly, that according to the Petition of Mr, Edward Bland , Merchant, that he the fayd Bland, or any other be permitted to difcover and feate to the Southward in any comventent place where they difcover , and that according tohss Petition for furthe- ring his Defignes hee bee permitted to have correspondence with the Indians , and alfo. receive the benevolence of the well-affetted, and ufe all lawful meanes for effecting there- of, provided that they fecure themfelves tn effecting the fayd Defiene with abundred able mes Suffictently furnifbed with Armes and Munition. | Sait IG Ye ARE ARP ORR ARR ge: RE AOR te Sé2 aap? SS saip2 iba ciate? aesebes ot Seb. 0G Bs 47a eS a eS Cee es wee Wis. TOLb TOO Tole GS TICS Woot WIG Tokers John Corkes, Cler, Dom, Com. | |weet Sar ee at an (5) GE, CGP Se SPD QD. Cpe. Sir Walter Rawleighs Obfervation on 35. degrees Latitude. pa was created a part of this Earth, and featedin the lower part of Eden or Mefopotamia , containing alfo a part of Shinar a#d Armenia ; it flands 35 degrees from the Equinotiall, and 55 from the North-pole, ina temperate Climate, full of excellent frusts, chtefely of Palme- trees without labour ; for wherein {oever the Earth, Nature, and the Sun can moft vaunt that they have excelled, yet hall the Palme-tree be the greateft wonder of all thetr workes : This tree alowe giveth unto man whatfoever hw life beggeth at Natuveshand, The like are alfo found both in the € r and welt-Indies as well as in Parvadife , which Countries are alfo bleffed with a perpetuall Spriag and Summer, &c. Raw- lesghs Marrow of Hiftory, Page 42. By how much Adam exceeded all living men in perfetlt- on, by being the immedsate workmanfbip of God, by fo much did that chefen, and particular Garden exceed all the parts of the Unver{all world in which God had planted the Trees of Life, and Knowledge, Plants onely proper, and belonging to the Paradife, and Garden, of [o great a Lord, Ibid. p. 43. REO Be: Le ‘x[t) : = The Difcovery of New Britaine. SORGEY Uguft 27. 1650, The Right Howoralle Sex \e} 2 W Berkly, Kt. being Guvernour and Cap- Ls) pc YS raine General of Virginia , Edw. Bland bso OF Merch, Abraham Wood Capt. Elias i oe > Ponnant and Sackford Brewfter Gent. foxre Men, and one I ndian named Pyancha,an Appamat- tuck far our G wide, with two fervants, foure Hor{es and Pro- urfion, advanced from Fort Henry, lying on A ppamattuck River at thefals, being a branch of James River, tntending a South wefterne D:{couery.- | This day wee paffed over a branch belanging to Blackwater lake, running South eaft into Chawan River; at that place wee were forced to unlade our Carria- ges by reafon of the great raines lately fallen, which © herwile is very paflable for foot,being firm gravelly sround in the bottome, and lieth from Fort Henry 29, miles,and fome 12.miles from this place we travelled unto a deepe River called the Notramay Creeke fome roo,paces over fandy bortomes(& witha little labour , may be made paffeable } unto a Noltaway Town liyng {ome two miles from the River. Hither we came within night, and by reafon of our fuddaine Approach and hallowing of Robert. Farmer fervant to Mr. Bland, che Inhabitants ramall away into the Woods, with _their Women and Children ; thercfore by us it was. named Farmers Chafe. Afcer our arrival there with- ina {mall ipace of time one Jadian man appearcd,and finding of us peaceable , and the white flag bore be- fore ts by our Guide whom they knew., he made, @ B hallow;.ens = hallow and the reft sat from their {culking holes like fo many timerous Hares ;,and fhewed us what curtefie they could. About two houres after came to us Oyeocker elder brother to Chounteroznte one of the Nottaway Kings, who toldusithac his brother cheynte- vounte , and other of the Nottaway Kings would come zo us next day by Noone, and that the day before Chosnterounte and all his men had been a hunting,and it hapned that Choantercunte had fhot one of his bro- thers in the leg, and that thercupon he was gone downewards, We ftayed untill next day at Noone but he came not, and then we journyed unto the Towne belonging unto Oyeocker , who. kindly invited us thither, and toldus he thought that Chounterounte would meet usthere , and alfo of his owne accord proffered us to be our guide whithcrfoever we went. The Land generally to this Towne is Cham pion, ve- ry rich, and the Towne {cituate ina rich levell, well timbered, watered,and vcry convenient for Hogs and Cattle.’ eAuguft 28. We journied with our new entcrtain- ed Guide Oyeocker , lying berweene South, and South and by Weft, from the firft Towne upona very rich levell of Laid: fixtcen miles from this place we came unto the River Pexna Mount, being another branch of Chawan River,eight miles on the South fide it hath ve- ry rich Land and Corn-fields on both fides the River, and is about fome 200, paces wide, and runs out with elbowes: at the place of our paflage over this River to~ this fecond Towncis fhallow upon a Sandy Point,and with a very little labour may be made paffeable both for foot and horfe, orany Carriage by Land, | orSy, rk . HMSe ut ae ee or pentater with {mall hes , and. fome two miles higher there isa found paffage no deeper then a mans anckle : Within night came Chounterounte unto our Quarters frowning, and witha countenance noting much difcontent , downc he fers, and lookes about him, falutes the Englifh wich a fcornefull pofture, and then our Appamattack Guide, and tels him, lam forry for thee friend, thou wilt be knockt on the head ; after this fome paufe was made before any difcourfe , expecting the Englith would begin, but finding us flow,he thus fpake: There wasa watnoake Yadian told him that there was an Englifhman a Cockarous hard by Captaine Floods, gave this Indian Bells, and other petty truck to lay downe to the Tas- - karood King , and would have hired him to have gone with him, but the wainoakes being doubtfull whar to doe, went to Captaine Flood for advice, who advifed them nottogo, forthat the Goyernour would give no licence to go thither, heereupon Chounterounte was by us queftioned, when and who it was that had told him fo, & if he did know that wassoake Indian, to which he an(wered doubtfully , and demanded of us whither we did intend togo ; we told him the Tuska- yood King had envited usto trade, and our Governour had ordered us to go, and fpeake with an Englifhman amongft them, and to enquire for an Englifh woman caft away long fince, and was amongft thofe Nations, Chounterounte per{waded us to go no further, alleadg- ing there was no Englifh there, that the way was long , for paffage very bad by reaton of much raine that had lately tallen, and many rotten Marrifhes and Swampps there was to pafle over, 2 fine we A 2 found - |4 foundhim, and all his no er unwilling we fhould go any further; but we told themythar ler the waies and paffages be never fo bad, we wére rcfolved to go | through, and that we were nor afraid of him nor his Nation, nor any other, forwe intended no injury,and that we muft go, for we were commanded by our King ; thefe words caufed Chounterounte to affimulate a feare in his countenance,and afcer delivery of him- felfe,at our going away next day,when we had moun- ted our Horfes, Chounterounte came privately untous, and in a moft {crious manner intimating unto us,thac he lovedus, and our Nation, and that he lively ap- prehended our danger, and that our fafery concerned him, for if any accident hapned otherwite then good to us, he fhould be fufpedted to have a hand init, and withall wifhed us to go no further, for that he cer- | tainly knew that the Nations we were to go through Roald make us away by treachery;we an{wered him, that we were not afraid to be killed, for that any one of us were able to deale with forty through the pro- tection of our great. God,for we were commanded by our King. : Auguft 29, We travelled from this fecond Town to Muharineck , cight miles upon barren Champion Lands, and fix miles further is a branch that runnes South weft,with rich Lands upon it; and from thence fome fixe miles further, is.a Brooke fome hundred ; aces over, and runnes Sourh and a little to the Veit, on both fides of the Creck : for fowre miles or there- abouts,is very rich Lands,well Timbered and Wate- red, and large dry Meacowes , South and by Welt : From this Crecke is another, fome eight miles off, Pe that 1Fi : a ¥ i t id a i id - 4 44 oe)ee | RPE IE 5 ‘ nsit felfe into divers. {mall Guts , made by che inundation of Frefhes of Waters ; and the patf- {age lies fome two hundred paces from the Path, and this Creek is {ome ten miles from A4Laharinecke Towne, and was by us named Newcomls Porreft.. It was night when we entred into Mabarineck , whcre we found a Houfe ready made for us of Matts ; and Corne ftalkes layd in feverall places for our Horfes the Inhabitants ftanding, according to their cuftome, to greet us :and after fome difcourfe with their or romance , a Youth, to’ whom wee prefented feverall gifts, we certified them the caufe of our commin was to Trade in way of friendfhip ,. and defired the great men that what VVares or Skins the Town did afford, might be brought to our Quarters next mor- >a meafure for Roanoak, which they ning ; and alt promifed fhould be done , and fo left us to our felves awhile, untill wée had refrefhed our felves with fuch rovifions as they had fet before us, in moft plenti- ull maner ; and afterwards the great menand Inha- birants came, and performed divers Ceremonies,ancl Dancings before us , as they ufe to doe to their grea’ Emperour Apachancano, when they entertain him in | moft folemne maner and friendthip. Auguft 30, Being wearied with our laft dayestra- vell, we continued at Mabarineck , and this day {pake with a Tuskarood Indian, who told us that the Eng- lifhman was a great wa off at the further fuskarood Towne, and wee hired shis Turkarood Indian to run before, and tell his werrowance wee intended to lay him downe a prefent at Hocomowananck, and defired to have him meere us there , and allo wrote to that i He effc& that ope— 6 effc& to the Englithman in-Eneli(h, Latine, Span fh, Frenchand Dutch, the Tuskarood promifed in three dayces to mecte us at Hocomawananck. In the after- noone came two Indians to our Quarters, one of whom the Afaharinecks told us wasthe wervowance of Hocomawananck River , feemed very joyfull that wee could goe thither , and toldus the Tikarcod would have come to us to trade , but that the wasnoakes had {poken much to difhearten them from having any trade with the Englifh,and thar chey intended divers times to have come in, but were afraid, for the war- noakes had told them that the Englifh would kill them, or detainethem, and would not let them goe without a great heape of Roazoake middle high , to which we anfwered that the wazzoakes durft not af- firme any fuch thing to our faces, and that they had likewife {poken much againft the Tiskarood to the Englifh , it being a common thing amongft them to villefie one another , and tell nothing but lies to the Englifh. | This day in the morning the A¢aharineck great men {pake to heare fome of our guns go off: Whercupon we fhot two guns ara {mall marke, both hitting ir, and at fo greaca diftance of a hundred paces, or more, that the Indians admiredat it: Anda little before night the old King of sfabarineck came to us, and told us,that the people in the Towne were afraid when the guns went off, and ran all away into the Woods, This night alfo we had much Dancing. eAugust 31, Wee went away from Afibarineck South Eaft two miles to goe over Mabharineck River, which hath a bottome betweene two high a eo throughte eenthrough which you muft paffe to get over, which River isabour two hundred paces broad, and hatha high water marke after a frefh of at leaft twenty foot perpendicular by the trees in rhebreaches be- tweene the River,and the high land of the old fields, This River is che Southerly laft and maine branch of Chawan River , and was by us named woodford River, and runs to the Eaftward of the South. On both fides of woodford River is very much exceeding rich Land, but efpecially on the further fide towards He- comawananck, mediately after the pafiage over this River, are old Indian fields of exceeding rich Land, that beare two Crops of Indian Corne a yeare, and hath timber trees above five foot over,whofe truncks are a hundred foot in cleare timber,which will make twenty Cuts of Board timber a piece , and of thefe there 1s abundance, As alfo exceeding rich Land, full of great Reeds thrice as big as the largeft Arrow Reeds we havea- bout our Plantations; this good Land continues for fome fix milestogether unto a great Swampp, and then begins a pyny barren Champion Land with di- vers Branches and Pecofans, yet very-paffeable, run- ning South and by Weft, unto a deepe River fome a hundred paces over, running South,and a little to the Eaft, which River inclofes a {mall Iland which wee named Bremfters land, fome eighteene miles from woodford River due South, and by Weft, with veryséx- ceeding rich Land on both fides of it for fome fixe miles topecier, andthis River we alfq named Bren- flers River.ic being the firft branch of Hocomawananck River: anda ittile Lower downe as the. River ye B, uc8 fuch another River as Chickabamine River (which is a mile broad.) Aftcr*we had paffed over this River we travelled fome twenty miles further upon a pyny barren Champi.n Land to Hocomawananck River, South, and by Welt: fome twelve miles from Brewffers River we came unto a path running crofle fome twenty yards oncach fide unto two remarkeable Trees 5 at this path our Appamattuck Guide made a ftop, and cleared the Wefterly end of the path with his foote, being demanded the mcaaing of it, he fhewed an un- willinencfle to relate it, fighing very much: Where- upon we madca ftop untill Oyeecker our other Guide came up, and then our Appernarcack Guide journicd On; but Oyeocker at his comming up cleared the o- ther end of the path, and prepared himfelfe ina mokt _fer:ous manner to require our attentions, i told us that many yeares fince their late grcat Emperour Appachancano came thither tomake a War upon the Twkarovd, a revenge of three of his men killed, and one wounded, whoefcaped, and brought him word of the other three murthcred by the Hucomarananck Indians for ce of the Roancake they brought with them to itade for Orcerskins, There accompanyed Appacbanesno \eveeal petty Kings that were under him, amongit which there w as one Kir ‘sof a Towne called Pa nba an, Which had lo ng'time a soured 2 grudge a inft the K The OF Char. . 65 ab uta y NS WoO- man iar th » Kine of Charan had dk cayncd of the king of Piaebic i 3 Now anny redtbacthe Kur ig of chan an Was al cd by tlic } King cof P by, of a2 tO CB * place hae epdaace to preier tt him watha Gui a9 ‘ fome great vallew , and there met accordingly, and the King of Pawhatan went to falute and embrace the King of .Chawan, and ftroaking of him after their . ufuall manner, he -whipt a bow ftring about the - King of chawans neck. and ftrangled him; and how. that in memoriall of this, the path is continued unto this day, and che friends of the Pawhatans when they , paffe that wav, cleanfe the Wefterly end of the path,, _ and the friendsof the.chawans the other. And fome-. two miles from rhis path we came unto an Indian Grave upon the Eaft fide of the path: Upon which Grave there lay a great heape of fticks covered with, reene boughs, we demanded the reafon of -it., Oyeoc-; ker told us, that there lay a great man of the Chawans that dyed in the fame quarrell, and in honour of his memory they continue greene boughsover his Grave, to this day, and ever when they goe forth to Warre they relate his, and others valorous, loyall Acts, to their yong men, to annimate them to doe the like. | when occafion requires. Some foure miles from Ho- comawananck is. very rich-Champian Land: It was, night when we came to Hocomawanayer River,and the, Indian that came with us from woodferd River, and belonged to Hecomawananck,would have had us quar-. tered: upon the fide of a great Swampp thar had the: advantage of feverall. bottomes of, the Swampp on, both fidesof us 5 but we removed to-take,our adyen- tage for fafety , andretrédte, in cafe, any accident, fhould happen, which at that time promifed porte. but danger, for our Guides began: to be doubrfull,and. told. us, that the Hocomawaganck Indians were yery treacherous, and tharthey did not like heir counte; B ~ NANCes, |Io nances , andfhape well ; this place we named Py anchas Parke:about-three houres after we had tak en up obr Quarters,. fome of the Inhabicants came, ‘and brought us roafting cares, and Sturgcon,. and the Ho- comawananck Indian that. came -with y; from wocdford River, came not unto us untill next day, but his War- rowance told us before wee came from Woodford , hee could.not come untill that day at night. The next dav. morning after our com MING to Hocomawananck the In- habirants feemed to prepare usa houfe: But we a- bout eight of the clock fet forward to goe view the_ place where they killed Sturgeon, which -was fome fix miles from the place where we quartered by Pyay- chas Parke, where there is a River Running very deep South, exceeding deepe, and foure hundred paces broad. The high water marke of this River between both fides of the River perpendicular,from the top of the Banck to the River, is forty five toor upona freth; this River was by us named Blanding River: from Py- anchs Parke to the place whcre they kill Sturgeon is fix miles up the River runiing Northerly, and all ex- ceeding rich Land : Both upwards and downewards upon the River, at this place where they kill Sturge- on alfo arc the Falls, andat the foot of thefe Falls al- fo lies two Iflands in a great Bay, the uppermoft whereofMr. Blande named Charles land, and the lowermoft Captaine wood named Berkelty Viland : on the furthcr fideof thefe lilands the Bay runs haviga-~ ble by the two Hands fides: Chay}e< Hland is three miles broad, ard fcure miles long, and Berke ley Wland amoftas bie, Lorh in a-manner impregnable, by na turc being tortified with high Clefts of RockyStone, | | andt } i % mks on esom and hatdly paffeable , without a way cut through them , afd conififts all of exceeding rich Land., and cléare fields ,, wherein growes Canes of a foot about, and of one yeares: growth Canes that a:reafonavle hand can hardly fpan ; and the Indians told us they were very fweet, and thafat fome time of the yeare they did fuck them, and eate them, and of thofe we brought fome away with us. The Land over againft Charles Iland'we named Blands Difcovery , an the Land over againft Berkeley Ifland we named woeds journy , and at the lower end of Charles Ifland lies a Bay due South from the faid Ifland , fo {patious that we could not fee the other fide of ir-this bay we name- ed Pennants Bay. and inthe River between Charles I- fland, and the maine Landlies a Rocky Point in the River, which Point-comes out of Cherles Uland , and runs into the middle of the River:this Point we name- ed Bremfters Point, andat this Point only , and no-o- rher is there any’ place paffeable into Charles Ifland, atid this Breafters Point runs not quite from Charles Iflarid to the'maine Larid,but when you come off the maine Land to the Rivers fide, you muft wade about fifty paces to come tipon the Point , and if you miffe the Point on either fide, up or downe the River, you muft fwim,and the River runs very {wift. Some three miles from the River fide over againft Charles Ifland is a place of feverall great heapes of bonesjand: heere the Indian belonging to Blandina River that went a- , ;@) _ long with as to the Fals, fat downc,and feemegt-to be rauch difcontented, infomuch ‘that he fhed tcaress we demanded why thofe bones were piledup fo cu- tioufly 2 Oyeocker told ts; that at this place Appachate B2 eae eeei i ! | { { ¢ano One morning with 400, men treacheroufly flew 240,-0f the Blszdina River Indians in revenge of three greatmen-flaine by them., and the place we named Gelgotha ;.-as we were going to Blendina River we {pak to Oyescker our Guide to lead us the way, and he would not; but asked our Appamattuck Guide. why we did not get us gone,for the Inhabitants were jealous of us, and angry with us, and that the Runner. we fent to the Twkarood Would not come at the day appointed, nor his Kirig, but ran‘another. wa ,. and told che Indians that we came to cut them off;where- Upon our Appamattuck Guide ftepped forth » and frowning faid, come along, we wil go fee the Falls, and fo led the way, and alfotold us that the woodford Indians lied, and that Indian that came to us, which the rvoodford Indian {aid was the.King of Blandina Ri- ‘ver, was not.the werrawance of Blandina River; where- upon we refolved to return (having named the whole Continent: New Brittaine ) another. way into our old ath that led to Bremffers River, and fhot off.no guns ecaufe of making a commotion , and adding to the Natives feares, At Blaxdina River we had fomé dif. courte with our Appamattuck Guide concerning thar River, who told us.that that Branch of Blandins River ran a great way upinto the Country ; and thar about three dayes journy further to the South- Welt, there was .a fargreater Branch fo broad chat a man could _ hardly, fee over:it, and bended ir felfe to che North- ward:above. the head of James River, unto the foor of che great Mountaines, on which River.there lived many pcople upwards, being the Occonacheans and the Weffonewks , aud that where fonac of the Occonacheans lived, | By } EULITR Aer SaltPRR po lived, there is an Ifland within the River three dayes journy. abour, which is of a very rich-and fertile foile, and that the upper and of the Ifland is fordable , not above knee deepe , of aftony bottome , running very fwift, and the other fide very decpe and navigable : Alfo we found many of the people of Blasdina River to have beards, and both there,and at woodford River we {aw many very old men, and that the Climate ac- cording te our opinions was far more temperate then _ours of Virginia,and the Inhabitants full of Children; they alfo told us chat at the bottome of the River was: great heapes of Salt; and we faw among them Cop- per,and were informed that they tip their pipes with filver, of which fome have been brought into this Country, and ’tis very probable that there may be Gold, and other Mettals amongft the hils. September 1. About noone from Woods Journey wee travelled fome. ffxe miles North Eaft, unto the old Path that leads to Bremffers River’: within night we quartered on the other fide of it, and kept good watch : this Path runnes from Woods Journey north and by Eaft, and due North, | September 2. In the morning about cight of the clocke, as every one was mounted, came to our quar- ters Occonno{ quay, {onne.to the Tuskarood King, and another Indian whom he told was a werrowance, and his Kinfeman, with the Runner which wee had fent to the Tuskarood King, who was to meet us at Blan- dina River that night; the Kings fonne told ys thar the Englifh man Tad be at his houfe that night,a gréat: way.off:; and would have had us gone backe with 2 him, but we would not, and appointed him to meete : ae BB usI us at wodford River where hee came not, wee having fome fufpition that hee came from wood- ford River that night , and that our Runner had not beene where we had fent him, through fome information of our Nortaway guide, which after- wards proved true, by the Relation of the werrewance of Blandina River , whom about fowre howres after wee had parted with the Kings fon, wee met on the way comming from woodford Kiver witha company of men, thinking he fhould have found us at Blaneine River that nighc, according to his order and promife ; with whom falling into difcourfe, he told us that the Kine of the 7ikaveods fon, and our Runncr wete the nightbefore at wocdford River , but the Kings fontold us he came from Blancina River , and beyond, and hearing we were gone before he came , he had tra- velled all night from Blazdina River to overtake us, This day about Noone we came to eodford River Towne , and tarricd there that night , we fourid the Old werrowance , andall his great mengone, yet had courtcous ouarter; but not without great grounds of fufpition, and fignes that they were angry atus: at our coming back io woodford River we had tnforma- tion thar fome Spies of wainoake had been there a lit- ticbeforc we came, and that the King of waznoake and Chounterornie had fone Runners to all the Nations thereabouts, informing them thatthe Englifh were come to cut them cfl, which we fappoled to be fome reater Polititians then Indian Centu'ratiors, who eo fome private ends to themfelves, and minded no- thing leffe then a publick ¢ood;for we found that the Runner whom weimployed to carry our méflage : theed oe Re 0 1 Ps , Arr Cea Oa ee[15] . the Tmkarood King, ran to the waynoakes,and he whom the Woodford Indians told us was the werrowance of Blandina River, was a Woodford Indian, and no werrow- ascey- but done of purpofe toget fomething out of us, and we had information that at that time there were other Englifh amongft the Indians, September 3. By breake of day we journicd from woodiord River to a path fome eight miles above Pea- wants Mount running North, and by Eaft and Norch, North, Eaft, which was done by the advice of our Appamattuck Guide, who told us that he was infor- med that fome plots might be acted againit us, if we returned the way that we came, for we told Choxn‘e- rounte we would returne the fame way againe: And this information our Guide told us he had from a wo- man that was his Sweer-heart belonging to weod!ord River, This day we paffed over very much rich, red, fat, marie Land, betweene Woodford River Towne, and the head of Pennams Mount, with divers Indian fields ; the head of which River abounds much with reat Rocks of Stone,and is two hundred paces over, and hath a {imal Ifland in it named Sackfords Ifland. Betweene Pennan's Mount River head , and the head of Farmers Chafe River is very much exceeding rich, red, fat, maric Land,and Nottaway and Schockoores Old fields, tora matter of fixe miles together ail the trees are blowne upordeads Heere it began to rainé,. and fome fix miles further we tooke up our qyartcrs, ai) ic proved a very wet night. At the firft other Notra- way old fields, we found the Inhabitants much per- plexed about a gun that went off to the Weftward of them, the night before wee came thither , which cur Sa Re ST LS SR TE ST PET TEpease aay | I our Appamattuck Guide conceived were the Wainoake Spies, fet out there to preyent our Journyings , and we found feverall Agers abour.the place where the Indians told as the gun went off, Septemb. 4. About 8 of the Clock we travelled North, North- Eaft fome fix miles, unto che head of Farnsers Chafe River,where we were forced to {wimm our horfes over, by reafon of the grear rain that fell chat mght, which otherwife wich alittle labour “may be made very paffable. Ac this place is yery great Rocky ftones, fic co make Mill-{tones, with very rich tracks of Land, and. in fome places between the head, of Farmers Chafe River and Black warer Lake, is ground that gives very probable proofe of an Iron, or fome.other rich Mire. Some fixteen miles trom Far- -mers Chafe, North, and by Eaft,and North, North- Eaft,lies Black water Lake, which hath.v.ry machr.ch land dbout it, and with lictle labour will be made very piflable. From Black water Lake we did travell co the old fields of Manks Nef] weicks, and from thence fome 12 miles N.N Eaft we came ano Fort Henry a- bout the clofe of the Evening, all well and in good health, not- wichftanding from the time we had {poken with (bemsteromnte at Pennants Mount, weevery night kepe a ftrickt watch, having our Swords girt, and opr Guns and Piftols by us, for the Indians every night where we lay, kepe a {trict guard upon us. The Difcoverers, viz, Mr. Edward Blande, Merchant. eA Lraham weed, Captaine. Mr. Elias Pennant. Mr. Sackford Brenfter,' : Tei ! 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