mostly lived; in the evening they brought
us some milk which with the addition of our small
stock of provision made us a good supper, our lodging
was on births on each side of the House raised about
a foot above the Ground, and overspread with Deer
Skins on which we spread our Blankets and rested
pretty comfortably for the first Night in an
Indian Cabin

took a more extensive view of the
Village and the land about it, the Land appears
to be very fertile, being a large flat on the West
side of the River of about 300 Acres inclosed
with a fence, the most of which has been clear
ed (I suppose by the Women) about midway
of this enclosure stands the body of the Village
which contains about 30 or 40 Houses being
from ten to thirty feet in length mostly built
about six feet high and covered with bark,
along each side are generally two births the up
per one about five feet high on which they
throw their lumber and houshold furniture
the lower one is their place of lodging which
also answers the purpose of seats to sit on be
ing about one foot from the Ground. the
fire they have in the center of the House