The Children are generally born in the
woods - where the Woman accompanied by
her Mother or some other Elderly woman re
tires on the occasion & of cold builds a
Fire - The Babe is immediately wrapd in
a Blanket & in 3 or 4 hours the Mo
ther returns with it to her own habitation.
she washes her blanket soon after in Cold
water & something, on the same Day, with
out injury to herself & in two or 3 Day
after goes into the Wood, & Collects & car
ries home heavy Loads, of Wood on her
Back with the Infant on the Top of
it tied to a Board. the Boards for this purpose
are about two feet & a half in length & one
in breadth with a little Hoop in front to
protect the Head of the Child or to sus
pend a curtain to cover it from flies or
cold. at the bottom a little foot board and
at the sides are loop holes for the purpose
of fastening the Child which is placed in
an erect porting with its hand down
its sides & then swathed with a piece of
Cloth from the feet to the Chin so light
as to be unable to disengage itself- if the
Weather is Cold & the Child young a Wild
Cat Skin or some other skin with
soft Fur is put next to it. & if