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way to their winter quarters, about two ⟨hundred⟩ miles farther from any plantation or ⟨inhabitants⟩ where, after a long and tedious journey, ⟨being⟩ almost starved, I arrived with this infernal ⟨erew⟩ The plaee where we were to rest, in their ⟨tongue⟩ is called Alamingo. There were found a number of wigwams full of their women and ⟨children.⟩ Daneing, shooting, and shouting, were their ⟨general⟩ amusements; and in all their festivals ⟨and⟩ danees they relate what successes they have ⟨had⟩ and what damages they have sustained in ⟨the⟩ expeditions, in which I became part of ⟨the⟩ theme. The severity of the eold inereasing, ⟨they⟩ stript me of my elothes, for their own use, ⟨and⟩ gave me sueh as they usually wore ⟨themselves⟩ being a pieee of blanket, a pair of mogganes, ⟨or⟩ shoes, with a yard of eoarse cloth to put {reconstruct|round}} me instead of breeehes. To deseribe their ⟨dress⟩ and manner of living may not be altogether (illegible text) acceptable to some of my readers; but, as ⟨the⟩ size of this book will not permit me to be so ⟨particular⟩ as I might otherwise be, I shall just ⟨observe⟩, that they, in general, wear a white ⟨blanket⟩, which in war-time they paint with ⟨various⟩ figures, but partieularly the leaves of trees, in ⟨order⟩ to deeeive their enemies, when in the ⟨woods.⟩ Their mogganes are made of deer-skins, and ⟨the⟩ best sort have them bound round the edges ⟨with⟩ little beads and ribbands. On their legs ⟨they⟩
