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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35222	The English empire in America, or, A prospect of His Majesties dominions in the West-Indies ... with an account of the discovery, scituation, product, and other excellencies of these countries : to which is prefixed a relation of the first discovery of the New World called America, by the Spaniards, and of the remarkable voyages of several Englishmen to divers places therein : illustrated with maps and pictures by R.B., author of Englands monarchs, &c., Admirable curiosities in England, &c., Historical remarks of London, &c., The late wars in England, &c., and The history of Scotland and Ireland.	R. B., 1632?-1725?	1685 (1685)	Wing C7319; ESTC R21113	146,553	216

valued under one hundred Pounds to the Landward it is incompassed with a Wall of good thickness and fortified at the entrance of the River so as to command any Ship which passes that way by a Fort called James-Fort It hath a Mayor Aldermen a Sheriff and Justices of Peace for their Magistrates the Inhabitants are most English and Dutch and have a considerable Trade with the Indians for Bever Otter Racoon Skins with other rich Furs likewise for Bear Deer and Elk Skins and are supplyed with Venison and Fowl in the Winter and Fish in the Summer by the Indians at an easy Price The Province of New-York formerly contained all that Land which lies in the North-parts of America betwixt New-England and Mary-Land the length toward the North is not fully known the breadth is about 200 Miles the principal Rivers are Hudsons River Raritan River and Delaaware Bay the chief Islands are the Manahatan Island Long Island and Staten Island Manahatan Island so called by the Indians lyeth within Land betwixt forty one and forty two Degrees of North Latitude and is about fourteen Miles long and two broad New-York is seated on the West end of this Island having a small Arm of the Sea which divides it from Long Island on the South Long Island runs Eastward above an hundred Miles and is in some places eight twelve and fourteen Miles broad Inhabited from one end to the other having an excellent Soil for all English Grain the Fruits Trees and Herbs very good in May you may see the Woods and Fields so curiously bedeckt with Roses and a multitude of other delightful Flowers as equal if not excel many Gardens in England there are several Navigable Rivers which run very swift and are well furnished with variety of Fish as the Land is with all sorts of English Cattel besides Deer Bear Wolves Racoons Otters and Wild Fowl in abundance There are now but few Indians upon the Island and these not unserviceable to the English being strangely decreased since the English first setled there for not long ago there were six Towns full of them which are now reduced to two Villages the rest being cut off by Wars among themselves or some raging mortal diseases They live principally by Hunting Fowling and Fishing their Wives tilling the Land and planting the Corn They feed on Fish Fowl and Venison likewise Polcats Turtles Racoon and the like They build small moveable Tents which they remove three times a year cheifly quartering where they plant their Corn besides their Hunting and Fishing Quarters Their Recreations are cheifly Football and Cards at which they will play away all they have except a Flap to cover their nakedness They are great Lovers of strong drink so that except they have enough to be drunk they care not to drink at all If there be so many in a company that there is no● sufficient to make them all drunk they usually chuse so many as are proportionable to that quantity and the rest must be Spectators if any chance to be drunk before he has taken his share which is ordinarily a Quart of Brandy Rum or Strong Waters to shew their Justice they will forcibly pour the rest down his throat In these debau●hes they often kill each other which the Friends of the dead revenge ● on the Murderer unless he purchase his life with money which is made of a Periwinkle shell both black and white strung like beads Their Worship is Diabolical and usually performed but once or twice a year unless upon some extraordinary occasion as making war or the like The time about Michaelmas when their Corn is ripe The day being appointed by their chief Priest or Pawaw most of them go a hunting for venison when they are all assembled if the Priest wants money he then tells them their God will accept no offering but money which the People believing every one gives according to their ability The Priest takes the money and putting it into some dishes sets them upon the top of their low flat-roofed Houses and falls to invocating their God to come and receive it which with many loud hollows and outcries striking the ground with sticks and beating themselves is performed by the Priest and seconded by the People After being thus wearied a Devil by this Conjuration appears amongst them sometimes in the shape of a Fowle a Beast or a Man at which the People being amazed not daring to stir the Priest improves the opportunity and stepping out makes sure of the money and then returns to lay the Spirit who is sometimes gone before he comes back having taken some of the Company along with him but if at such times any English come among them it puts a period to their proceeding and they will desire his absence saying their God will not come till they are departed In their Wars they fight no pitcht Battel but upon their enemies approach having first secured their Wives and Children in some Island or thick Swamp armed with Guns and Hatchets they way-lay their Enemies and 't is counted a great fight where seven or eight are slain When an Indian dies they bury him upright sitting upon a seat with his Gun money and goods to furnish him in the other World which they conceive is Westward where they shall have great store of Game for Hunting and live at ease At his buriall his nearest Relations paint their faces black and make sad lamentations at his Grave once or twice every day till by time the blackness is worn off their faces and after that once a year they mourn a fresh for him visiting and trimming up the Grave not suffering any Grass to grow neer it fencing it with a hedg and covering it with Mats for a shelter from the rain Notwithstanding all this bustle when an Indian is dead his name dies with him none daring ever after to mention his name it being not only a breach of their Law but an affront to his Friends and Relations as if done on purpose to renew their greife And every Person who hath the same Name instantly changes it for another which every one invents for himself some calling themselves Ratlesnake others Buckshorn or the like Yea if a Person die whose Name is some word used in common speech they change that word and invent a new one which makes a troublesome alteration in their Language When any one is sick after some means used by his Friends every one pretending skill in Physick that proving ineffectual they send for a Pawaw or Priest who sitting down by the sick Person without the least inquiry after the distemper expects a Fee or gift according to which he proportions his work beginning with a low voice to call sometimes upon one God and then another still raising his voice beating his naked breasts and sides till the sweat runs down and his breath is almost gone the little that remains he breathes upon the face of the sick Person three or four