ABSTRACT
Inalittletimesomerawdeerskinswerebroughtin,andgiventomywifeand negrowomen;129andtousmensuchastheIndianswear,beingapieceofplaitworkofstraws,wroughtofdiverscolours,andofatriangularfigure,withabeltof fourfingersbroadofthesame,wroughttogether,whichgoethaboutthewaist;and theangleoftheotherhavingathingtoit,comingbetweenthelegs;andstringsto theendsofthebelt.Allthreemeetingtogether,arefastenedbehindwithahorsetail, orabunchofsilk-grass,exactlyresemblingit,ofaflaxencolour.Thisbeingallthe apparelorcoveringthatthemenwear;andthustheyclothedus.Aplacewas appointedforus,matsbeinglaidonthefloorofthehouse,wherewewereordered toliedown.Buttheplacewasextremenasty;forallthestonesoftheberrieswhich theyeat,andallthenastinessthat'smadeamongstthem,layontheirfloor,thatthe placeswarmedwithabundanceofmanysortsofcreepingthings;as,alargeblack hairyspider,whichhathtwoclawslikeacrab,scorpions,andanumberlessnumber ofsmallbugs.Onthesematswelay,thesevermincrawlingoverournakedbodies. Tobrushthemoff,waslikedrivingoffmosquitoesfromone,wheretheyare extremethick.TheIndianswereseated,asaforesaid,theCassekeyattheupperend ofthem,andtherangeofcabinswasfilledwithmen,womenandchildren,beholdingus.Atlengthweheardawomanortwocry,accordingtotheirmanner,andthat verysorrowfully,oneofwhichItooktobetheCassekey'swife,whichoccasioned someofustothink,thatsomethingextraordinarywastobedonetous.Wehearda strangesortofanoise,whichwasnotlikethenoisemadebyaman,butwecould notunderstandwhatnorwhereitwas;forsometimesitsoundedtobeinonepartof thehouse,sometimesinanother,towhichwehadanear.Andindeedourearsand eyescouldperceiveorhearnothingbutwhatwasstrangeanddismal,anddeath seemedtosurroundus....
