{Tuesday.}
The Next Day, Still Passing Along Such Land As We Had Done
For Many Days Before, Which Was, Hills
And Vallies, about 10 a Clock
we reach'd the Top of one of these Mountains, which yielded us
a fine
Prospect of a very level Country, holding so, on all sides,
farther than we could discern. When we came to travel through it,
we found it very stiff and rich, being a sort of Marl.
This Valley afforded as large Timber as any I ever met withal,
especially of Chesnut-Oaks, which render it an excellent Country
for raising great Herds of Swine. Indeed, were it cultivated,
we might have good hopes of as pleasant and fertile a Valley,
as any our English in America can afford. At Night, we lay by
a swift Current, where we saw plenty of Turkies, but pearch'd upon
such lofty Oaks, that our Guns would not kill them, tho' we shot very often,
and our Guns were very good. Some of our Company shot several times,
at one Turkey, before he would fly away, the Pieces being loaded
with large Goose-shot.
{Wednesday.}
Next Morning, we got our Breakfasts; roasted Acorns being one of the Dishes.
The Indians beat them into Meal, and thicken their Venison-Broth with them;
and oftentimes make a palatable Soop. They are used instead of Bread,
boiling them till the Oil swims on the top of the Water,
which they preserve for use, eating the Acorns with Flesh-meat.
We travell'd, this day, about 25 Miles, over pleasant Savanna Ground,
high, and dry, having very few Trees upon it, and those standing
at a great distance.
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