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it several miles, but saw no end thereof. So we returned to our
boat and proceeded down the river and came to another place,
some twenty-five leagues from the river’s mouth on the same
side, where we found a place no less delightful than the former ;
and, as far as we could judge, both tracts came into one. This
lower place we called Rocky Point, because we found many
rocks and stones of several sizes upon the land, which is not
common. We sent our boat down the river before us, ourselves
traveling by land many miles. Indeed we were so much taken
with the pleasantness of the country, that we traveled into the
woods too far to recover our boat and company that night.

The next day, being Sunday, we got to our boat; and on
Monday, the 16th of November, proceeded down to a place on
the east side of the river, some twenty-three leagues from the
harbour’s mouth, which we called Turkey Quarters, because we
killed several turkeys thereabouts. We viewed the land there
and found some tracts of good ground, and high, facing upon
the river about one mile inward; but backward, some two miles,
all pine land, but good pasture ground.

We returned to our boat and proceeded down some two or
three leagues, where we had formerly viewed, and found it a
tract of as good land as any we have seen, and had as good tim-
ber on it. The banks of the river being high, therefore we
ealled it High Land Point.

Having viewed that, we proceeded down the river, going on
shore in several places on both sides, it being generally large
marshes, and many of them dry, that they may more fitly be
called meadows. The woodland against them is, for the most
part, pine, and in some places as barren as ever we saw land,
but in other places good pasture ground.

On Tuesday, November the 17th, we got aboard our ship,
riding against the mouth of Green’s River, where our men were
providing wood, and fitting the ship for sea. In the interim
we took a view of the country on both sides of the river there,
finding some good land, but more bad, and the best not com-
parable to that above. |

Friday, the 20th, was foul weather; yet in the afternoon we
weighed, went down the river about two leagues, and came to
an anchor against the mouth of Hilton’s River, and took a view
of the land there on both sides, which appeared to us much like

that at Green’s River.
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and manned, up Hilton’s River; and when we came three leagues
or thereabouts up the same, we found this and Green’s River to
come into one, and so continued for four or five leagues, which
makes a great island betwixt them. We proceeded still up the
— till they parted again; keeping up Hilton’s River, on the
abet side, and followed the said river five or six leagues
=. or, where we found another large branch of Green’s River
me te Hilton’s, which makes another great island. On
= arboard side going up, we proceeded still up the river,

me four leagues, and returned, taking a view of the land on

both sides, and then judged ourselves to be from our ship some
eighteen leagues W. by N.

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: Proceeding down the river two or three leagues further, we
— to a place where there were nine or ten canoes all together.
= went ashore there and found several Indians, but most of
™m were the same which had made peace with us before. We
Stayed very little at that place but went directly down the river,
and came to our ship before day.
RSs rand the 26th of November, the wind being at south, we
ne not go down to the river’s mouth ; but on Friday the 27th
a weighed at the mouth of Hilton’s River, and got down a
Sue towards the harbor’s mouth.
Pie Sunday, the 29th, we got down to Crane Island, which is
te a or thereabouts, above the entrance of the harbor’s
aaa n Tuesday, the 1st of December, we made a purchase
bree and land of Cape Fair of Wat Coosa, and such other
a ot as appeared to us to be the chief of those parts. They
ught us store of fresh fish aboard, as mullets, shads, and
other sorts, very good.
eaage was a writing left in a post, at the point of Cape Fair
rsh 7 those New England men that left cattle with the
seo ere, the contents whereof tended not only to the dis-
ee nr of the land about the said river, but also to the great
seth tere of all such as should hereafter come into those
Macs settle. In answer to that scandalous writing, we, whose
sides a underwritten, do affirm, that we have seen, facing both
venteae e river and branches of Cape Fair aforesaid, as good
othe = well timbered as any we have seen in any other part
ee th d, sufficient to accommodate thousands of our Eng-
On a lon, and lying commodiously by the said river’s side.
riday, the 4th of December, the wind being fair, we put to