North-Carolina Chronicle; or Fayetteville Gazette

              t h e north carolina chronicle ; or fayettevilk gazette — rn c 7 of vol ii m o n d a y october 25 1790 total n so histqrt tance from the fhote being now near ly oppofitc to them i erdere my men to puii cihe&ly over as i was willing to convince the indians by fuch a hep that i placed iome confidence in them as loon as i had reached the land two of the chiefs piefented their hands to n;e and led me amidit the aftoniihed ioul itiide who hadmoft of them never ken * white man before to a tent into this we entered and according to the cuf tom that univei tally prevails amoag eve ry indian nation began tofpoke the pipe of peace we had not fat long before the crowd became fo gieat both around and upon the tent that we were in dan ger e£bemg crofted by its fall ostiris we returaedto the plain where having gratified the curioficy of the common people their wonder abated and ever ar ter they treated me with great refpecl from the chiefs i met wiih the moft friendly and hclpitable reception ; which induced me as the feafon was fo far ad vanced to take up my relidence among them during the winter to render my flay as comfortable as poffiwle i firft en deavoured to learn their language this i foen did fo as to make myfelf perfectly intelligible having beiore acquired fome light knowledge of the language of thole indians who live on the back f the fet tlements ; and in cenfequenee met with every accommodation their manner of liv ing would afford nor did i want for fuch amufements as tended to make fo long a period pafs chearfully away i frequently hunted with them ; and at other times hcheld with pleafure their re creations and paftimes whioh i ihall dc icribe hereafter poin i had conp.jtntly in view that o gaining a knowledge of ihe inuatins and produce both of their bwb country , i>nt tlmje that lay to the weftward of them nor was i difappoiated in my defigns ; for i procued from them much ufeful nv lelligenca they likewife drew for me plans of all the countries with which they were acquinted j but as i entertained no great opinion of their geographical know ledge i placed net much d=ptuder.cr rn them and think it nmxeceffay to give them to the public they draw with a piece of burnt coal taken from tfco hearth upon tl e infide bark of rhc birch tree ; which is as fmaoth at paper and suaiwers the fame purpofes notwiihftandiag it is of a yellow caft their sketches are made in a rude manner but they f em to give as juft an idea of a country akhongh the plan is not fo exaft as more experi enced draughtlmen could do i left the habitations of thefe hofpita ble indians the latter end of april 1767 ; but did not part from them for fcveral deys as i was accompanied on my joui ney by near three hundred of tiem a mong whom were many chiefs to the mouth of the rirer st pierre at tlii ; ieafon thefe bands annually go to the great cave before mentioned to hold a grand council with all the other badds ; wherein they fettle their aperarions for the entiling year at thfc fame time they carry with them their for in terment bound up in buffaloes ikins befides thofe that accompanied me others were gon before and the reft were to follow carver's travels continued on the fetenth i f december i arri ved as i ivid before at the mmoft e.i at of my travels towards the wert ; where i met with a largo party of the nauioweflle indians among whom i re iided ievn months thefo conftituted a part of the eight bands of the naudow eitics of the plains ; and are termed the wawpeentowahs,the tintons the afrah cootans the mawhaws and the schains the other chree b*nds y/hoie nam:3 arc the schianefe tlis choiigottfceton and tha waddapavjeitip dwell higher up to th';wcil of the river st pierre ofl plains that according to their account are un bounded ; and probably terminate on the coaft of the pacific ocean the nau d<vreflie naticr when united ceafifts of more than two thousand waniors the aitinipoiis who revoked from them a mount to abouf three hundred ; and lea gued with the killifunoes live in a con tinnal late of enmity with the oilier ek ven bands as i proceeded up the river st pierre and had nearly reached rhe place where theie people were encamped i obferved flitro or three canoes coming down the ilream ; but no faoner had the indians that were on board them discovered us than they rowed towards the land and leaping aftore with precipitation left their canoes to float as the current drove ihirn la a few minutes i perceived feme others ; rrho as foon as they came in i.gh followed with e-jual cpzzd the example of their countrymen i now thought it necehary to proceed withcatitiom and therefore kept on the fide of the river oppofite to that on which the indians landed however i frill continued my ccrarfe fatisfied that the pips of peace which was fixe 1 at th head ofmycanne and the englifli colours that were flying af the ftern wou!d prove i fecutity after rowing about half a itiilc farther in turning a point i difec vcred ; j . nambei of tsnis a id more than a thoufanj indians ;;: a little d nerer did i travel v r ith 6 happy and chearful a company but their mirth met with a fudden and temporary allay from a violent ftorm that overtook us one day on cur paitage we had jufc landed and were preparing to fet up our tents f«r the night when a heavy cloud over fpread the heavens and the molt drrad ful thunder lightning a»d rain illued from it that ever i beheld sometimes i fat with the chiefs and whilft : wefmoakedthe friendly pipe en tertained them in return for the accounts they r.ive me of th?ir wars and excurfi ons vi:h a narrative of mv own adven tares and a description of ail the battles fought between the englilk and french u america in many of which i had a p^rfor.al hare they always paij great attention to my details and afked many pertinent questions relative to the euro pean rnethads of making war i'held rl^reconverfauons with them in a threat meafure to p»jcure from them i'c:r.z infonfialion relau%'e to the chief the indians were greatly terrifici and ran to fuch hclter as they could find ; for only a few tents were as yrt erecied apprehepfive of the danger th might enihe from flar.ding near any thing w ich cou^d r enre for a condnfior as'h cloud appeared to contain inch an ur.ccr.ijnon