Longevity, often living to the age of
about 90 and as they suppose 100 years
or upward, but as they keep no written Re
cords of Births or other occurrences, nor have
any regular mode of computing time, other
than by moons or Winters, or then remem
brance of remarkable Events the most
of them can give no correct account
how old they are. While we were rais
ing Silver Heel

's house a smart old
woman, who was sitting on the Ground
looking on, we were told could call
her Descendants round her to the 6th
Generation. Some of them are subject to the Rheuma
tism which is supposed may be a consequence
of their traversing the Wood in all weather,
night and day - wading in the river and Suffering
their Cloathing to dry on them- and often ly
ing out exposed with little or no shelter to
wet and cold- but from the observation I
have made on the Inhabitants, where we have
stopd coming along, the Rheumatism is a
complaint prevailing in this climate
and therefore not wholly to be imputed
to the Indian Exposures.