heretofore mentioned; They catch a
few fish, yet, but little was done at it
while we were there, so that they live
poor, their chief subsistance at this
season, was corn, beans, and bear’s oil,
in different preparations, much of their
corn, and beans, were pounded into hominy
and boiled, this I thought was their chief
dependance; they also pound corn and
beans into flour, and make bread of it, they
also boil it in dumplins which they
eat with bears oil, by dipping it in, as
they do also their bread, they also put
sugar in their hominy, which eats very
well; but from my observation they eat
much less than we do, a small piece
of bread or dumpling dipped in the oil,
seem’d to satisfy nature, and thier sta-
ted meals, I thought, were not more than
two, a day, about 10 oClock A.M. &