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June 22. 1664.
Roger L'Eſtrange.
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А
RELATION
OF
A Diſcovery lately made on the Coaſt of
FLO RIDA,
(From Lat. 31. to 33 Deg. 45 Min. North-Lat.)
By William Hilton Commander, and
Commiſfioner with Capt. Anthony Long,
and Peter Fabian, in the Ship Adventure, which
fer Sayl from Spikes Bay, Aug. 10.1663. and was
ſet forth by ſeveral Gentle nen and Mer-
chants of the Iland of BARBADOES.
Giving an account of the nature and tempera-
cure of the Soyl , the manners and difpoficion
of the Natives, and whatſoever elſe is
remarkable therein.
Together with
Propoſals made by the Commiſsioners
of the Lords Proprietors, to all ſuch per-
fons as ſhall become the first Serlers on the
Rivers, Harbors, and Creeks there,
LONDON,
Printed by 3.C. for Simon Miller at the Star neer the
Weſt-end of St. Pauls, 1664,

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A true Relation of a Voyage, upon
diſcovery of part of the Coaſt of FLOR 1.
D A, from the Lat. of 31 Deg. to 33 Deg,
45 m. North Lat. in the Ship Adventure,
William Hilton Commander, and Com-
miffioner with Captain Anthony Long
and Peter Fabian ; ſet forth by ſeveral
Gentlemen and Merchants of the Iſland
of Barbadoes ; failed from Spikes Bay,
Aug. 10. 1663,
FTER Sixteen days of fair wea-
ther , and proſperous windes,
Wedneſday the 26 inſtant, four of
the clock in the Afternoon, God
be thanked, we eſpied Land on
the Coaſt of Florida, in the lar.
of 32 deg. 30 min, being four
Leagues or thereabours to the Northwards of Saint
Ellens, having run five hundred and fifty Leagues ;
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and to the Weſtward of the Meridian of Barbadoes,
three hundred thirty and one Leagues. This Evening
and the Night following we lay off and on : Thurf-
day the 27th inſtant, in the morning, we ſtood in
with the Land, and coafted the Shoar to the South-
ward, Ankering at Nights, and ſending our Boat
out a Mornings, till we came into the lat. of 31
deg. but found no good harbour that way. On Sun-
day the 30th inſtant, we tacked, and ſtood North-
ward : and on Wedneſday the ſecond of September, we
came to an Anchor in five fathoms at the mouth of a
very large opening of three Leagues wide, or therea-
bours, in the lat. of 32 deg. 30 min. and ſent oor.
Boat to found the Channel. On Thurſday the third,
we entered the Harbour, and found that it was the
River Jordan, and was but four Leagues or therea-
bours N. E. from Port Royal, which by the Spanyards
is called St. Ellens: within Land, both Rivers meer in
one. We ſpent ſome time to found the Chanels
both without and within, and to ſearch the Rivers
in ſeveral branches, and to view the Land. On
Saturday the fifth of September, two Indians came on
Board us from the N. E, ſhoar, whom we entertain-
ed courteouſly, and afterwards ſet them on ſhoar.
On Sunday the ſixth, ſeveral Indians came on Board
us, and faid they were of St. Ellens ; being very bold
and familiar ; ſpeaking many Spaniſh words,
Cappitan, Commarado, and Adues. They know the uſ
Guns, and are as little ſtartled at the firing o
Peece of Ordnance, as he that hath been uſed to them
many years:they told us the neareſt Spanyards were at
St. Auguſtins, and ſeveral of them had been there,
which as they ſaid was but ten days journey ;
and
that

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on
that the Spanyards uſed to come to them at Saint
Ellens, ſometimes in Canoa's within Land, at other
times in ſmall Veſſels by Sea, which the Indians
deſcribe to have but two Maſts. They invited us to
come to St. Ellens with our Ship, which they told us
we might do within Land. Munday the 14 September,
our Long-Boat went with twelve hands within Land
to St. Ellens.On Wedneſday the 16th, came five Indians
board us; one of them pointing to another, ſaid,
he was the Grandy Captain of Ediſtov : whereupon
we took eſpecial notice of him, and entertained him
accordingly,giving him feveral Beads, & other trade
that pleaſed him well: He invited us to bring up our
Ship into a branch on the N.E. ſide, and told us of
one Captain Franciſco, and four more Engliſh that
were in his cuſtody on ſhoar ; whereupon we ſhew-
ed him ftore of all Trade, as Beads, Hoes, Hatchets
and Bills, Gc. and ſaid, he ſhould have all thoſe
things if he would bring the Engliſh on board us;
wch he promiſed ſhould be done the next day. Here-
upon we wrote a few lines to the ſaid Engliſh fearing
it to be a Spaniſh deluſion to entrap us. In the dark of
the ſame Evening came a Canoa with nine or ten In-
dians in her with their Bowes and Arrows, and were
cloſe on board before we did diſcern them : We ha-
led them, bur they made us no anſwer, which increa-
four jealouſie : So we commanded them on board,
se diſarmed them, detaining two of them priſoners,
and ſending away the reſt to fetch the Engliſh; which
if they brought , they ſhould have theirs again. At
length they delivered us a Nore written with a coal,
which ſeemed the more to continue our jealouſie, be-
cauſe in all this time we had no news of our long-
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boat fiom St. Ellers, which we feared was ſurpri-
zed by the Indians and Spanyards. But to facisfie us
that there were Engliſh on ſhoar, they fent us one
man on board about twelve of the clock in the Night
who related to us the truth of the matter , and told
us they were caſt away ſome four or five leagues to
che North-ward of the place we then rode, on the
24th of July paſt, being thirteen perſons char came
on fhoar, whereof three of them were kill'd by the
Indians. On Thurſday the 17th of September the Long-
boat returned from St. Ellens, which preſently we
ſent on ſhoar to fetch the other Engliſh, the Indians
delivering us three more ; and coming aboard them-
ſelves, we delivered them their twomen. Then we
demanded of the chief Commander where the reſt of
our Engliſh were : he anſwered, Five were carried to
St. Ellens, three were killed by the Stonobs, and the
other man we ſhould have within two dayes. We
seplyed to him again, That we would keep him and
two more of his chief men, till we had our Engliſh
that were yer living; and promiſed them their li-
berry, with ſatisfa&tion for bringing us the Engliſh.
Now to return to the buſineſſe of orir Deſign; the
entertainment we had at S.Ellens put us in great fear
of the Indians treachery; for we obſerved their con-
cinual gathering together, and at laſt began with
ſtern-look'd countenances to ſpeak roughly to us, and
came to ſearch our mens Bandileers and Pockers;
yet inviting us to ſtay that night with them : but we
made a ſudden retreat to our Boat, which cauſed the
Indian King to be in a great rage, ſpeaking loud and
angry to his men; the drift of which diſcourſe we
underſtood not. That which we noted there, was a
fair

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fair houſe builded in the ſhape of a Dove-houſe,
round, cwo hundred foor at least, complearly cover-
ed with Palmeta-leaves, the wal-plate being rwelve
foot high, or thereabouts, & within lodging Rooms
and Forms; two pillars at the entrance of a high
Seat above all the reſt : Alſo another houſe like a
Sentinel-houſe, floored ren foor high with planks,
faftned with Spikes and Nayls, ſtanding upon fub
ftantial Poſts, with ſeveral other ſmall houſes round
abour. Alſo we ſaw many planks, to the quantity ot.
chree thouſand foot or thereabouts, with other Tim-
ber ſquared, and a Croſs before the great houſe.
Likewiſe we ſaw the Ruines of an old Fort , compaſ-
fing more than half an acre of land within the Tren-
ches, which we ſuppoſed to be Charls's Fort, built,
and ſo called by the French in 1562, &c. On Mon-
day, September 21, one Engliſh youth was brought
from St. Elens aboard us by an Indian, who inform-
ed us that there were four more of their company at
St. Ellens, but he could not tell whether the Indians
would let them come to us:For ſaith he, Our Men told
me, that they had lately ſeen a Frier and two Spang-
ards more at St Ellens,who told them they would ſend
Soldiers ſuddenly to ierch them away. This day we
ſayled up the River with our Ship to go through to
St. Ellens. On Tuefday the 22 inftant, three Indians
came on board ; one of them we ſent with a Letter
to the Engliſh Priſoners there. On Wedneſday the 23d.
we fent our Boat and Men to found the Chanel,
and finde out the moſt likely way to Sr. Ellens with
our Ship by Combehehe In the mean time came many
Canoa's aboard us with Corn , Pumpions, and Ve-
niſon, Deer-skins, and a ſort of ſweet-wood. One
of

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of our men looking into an Indian basket, found a
piece of Spaniſh Rusk : it being new, we demanded
of the Indian where he had it; who ſaid, Of the Spani-
ards. In the interim, while we were talking, came a
Canoa with four Indians from St. Ellens, one ſtand-
ing up, and holding a paper in a cleft ftick; they
told us they had brought it from the Spaniſh Captain
at St. Ellens. We demanded how many Spaniards
were come thither ; who faid, Seven, and one Eng.
liſh-man : We received their Letter writ in Spaniſh,
but none of us could read it : We detained two of
the chiefeſt Indians, one of them being the Kings
on of S.Ellens ,and that kept one of the Engliſh priſo-
ners; the other two we ſent away with a Letter to
the Spaniard, wherein we gave him to underſtand,
that we underſtood not his letter; and told the Indi-
ans, when they brought the Engliſh, they ſhould
have their men again, with fatisfaction for their
pains. On Thurſday, 24 inſtant, we ſayling further
up the River to go through, at laſt came to a place
of freſh water,
and Anchored there, ſending our
Boat aſhoar with a Guard to get water. Towards
night came the firſt Indian that we ſent to St. Ellens
with a letter to the Engliſh, who brought us another
letter from the Spaniards, and an Anſwer of ours
from the Engliſh, writ in the Spaniards letter. The
Spaniard ſent us a quarter of Veniſon, and a quarter
of Pork, with a Complement, That he was forry
he had no more for us at that time. We returned
him thanks , and ſent him a Jug of Brandy; and
withal, that we were forry we underſtood nor his
letter. This night about twelve of the Clock we
had a moft violent guſt of winde, but of no long
conti-

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continuance. On Friday 25 September, we weighed,
and returned down the River ſix leagues, or therea-
bouts, becauſe we perceived the Indians had gather-
ed themſelves in a Body from all parts thereabouts,
and moved as the Ship did : and being informed by
an Indian, that the Spaniards would be there the next
day ; we took in Fire-wood, and continued there
that night, at which time one of our Indian Priſon-
ers made his eſcape by leaping over-board in the
dark. On Saturday the 26. we weighed, and ſtood
down to the Harbours mouth, and ſtayed there till
Monday the 28. In all which time came no one to us,
though we ſtay'd in expectation of their coming con-
tinually; therefore put out to Sea, concluding their
intentions not to be good. Being out of the River
Jordan, we directed our courſe S. W. four leagues
or thereabouts for Port-Royal, to found the Chanel
without from the poynts of the Harbour outwards;
for we had founded the Harbour within from the
points inward when our Boat was at St. Ellens: And
now being athwart the Harbours mouth, we fent
our Boat with the Mare and others, who found the
N.E. and E.N.E, ſide of the opening of Port-Royal
to be Sholes and Breakers to the middle of the open-
ing; and three leagues or thereabouts into the Sea,
from the ſide aforeſaid, is unſafe to meddle with : but
the S. W. and W. fide we found all bold ſteering in
N. N. W. two or three miles from the S.W. ſhoar,
layling directly with the S. W. head-land of the en-
trance of Port-Royal: the faid head-land is bluft, and
ſeems ſteep, as though the trees hung over the wa-
ter : But you muſt nore, that if you keep ſo far from
the S.W. ſide, that you ſtand in N. N. W. with
the

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the bluft head aforeſaid, you ſhall go over the Out-
skirt of the E.N. E. ſholing, and ſhall have bur
three or four-fathom for the ſpace of one league or
thereabouts, and then you ſhall have ſix and ſeven
fathoms all the way in : But if you borrow more on
the S. W. fide, till you have brought the S.W.
head of the Entry to bear N.N. E. you ſhall have a
fair large Chanel of ſix, ſeven, and eight fathoms all
the way in, and then five, fix, ſeven and eight fa-
thoms within the Harbour, keeping the Chanel, and
ftanding over to the Northward: we ſuppoſed that
it flows here as at the River Jordan, becauſe they are
bur four leagues afunder, and flows S. E. and N.
W.ſeven foot and half, and ſometimes eight foot
perpendicular: the Mouth of Port-Royal lyes in 32
deg. 20 min. lat. Now as concerning the entrance
of the River Jordan, lat. 32 deg. 30 min. or there-
abouts, you ſhall ſee a range of Breakers right a-
gainſt the opening , two or three leagues off the S.
W. Point; which you muſt leave to the Northward,
and ſteer in with the ſaid S.W. Pointsgiving a range
of Breakers thar runs from the ſaid Point a ſmall
birth, and you ſhall have two, three, and four fa-
thoms at low water; and when you come one mile
from the Point aforeſaid, ſteer over directly to the
N. E. Point, and you fhall have ſix or ſeven fachom
all the way. VVithin the N.w. Point is good An-
choring: you ſhall have five fathoms fair aboard
the ſhoar: and you ſhall have five, fix, ſeven, and
eight fathoms, ſayling all along upon the River, ten
leagues, and a large turning Chanel : It flows here
S.E. and N.w. ſeven foot and a half, and eight foot
at common Tydes. The River Grandy, or as the In-
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(وdians call it Ediſtow , lyes fix leagues or thereabouts
from the River Jordan, and ſeems to be a very fairo-
pening : but becauſe the chief Indian of that Place
was on board us, and the Countrey all in Arms,
we not knowing how the winde might croſſe us, it
was not thought fit to ſtay there : But ſome of thoſe
Engliſh that had lived there, being Priſoners, ſay,
that it is a very fair and goodly River, branching in.
to ſeveral branches, and deep, and is freſh water at
low Tide within two leagues of the Mouth, it ſeem-
ing to us as we paſſed by, a good entrance large and
wide, lat. 32 deg. 40 min, in or thereabouts. Now
our underſtanding of the Land of Port-Royal, River
Jordan, River Grandie , or Ediftom, is as followeth :
The Lands are laden with large tall Oaks, VValnut
and Bayes, except facing on the Sea, it is moft Pines
rall and good : The Land generally, except where
the Pines grow, is a good Soyl, covered with black
Mold, in ſome places a foor, in ſome places half a
foot, and in other places Jeffe , with Clay under-
neath mixed with Sand; and we think may produce
any thing as well as moſt part of the Indies that we
have ſeen. The Indians plant in the work Land, be-
cauſe they cannot cut down the Timber in the beſt,
and yet have plenty of Corn, Pumpions, Water-
Mellons, Musk-mellons : although the Land be o-
ver-grown with weeds through their lazineſſe , yet
they have two or three crops of Corn a year, as the
Indians themſelves inform us. The Country abounds
with Grapes, large Figs, and Peaches; the Woods
with Deer, Conies , Turkeys , Quails, Curlues,
Plovers, Teile, Herons ; and as the Indians ſay,
in Winter, with Swans, Geeſe, Cranes, Duck
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and Mallard, and innumerable of other water.
Fowls, whoſe names we know not, which lie in the
Rivers, Marſhes, and on the Sands : Oyſters in a-
bundance, with great ſtore of Muſcles ; A ſort of
fair Crabs, and a round Shel fiſh called Horſe feet;
The Rivers ſtored plentifully with Fiſh that we ſaw
play and leap. There are great Marſhes, but moſt
as far as we ſaw little worth, except for a Root that
grows in them the Indians make good Bread of. The
Land we fuppoſe is healenful; for the Engliſh that
were caſt away on that Coaft in July lait, were there
moſt part of that time of year that is fickly in Virgi.
nia; and notwithſtanding hard uſage, and lying on
the ground naked, yet had their perfe&t healths all
the time. The Natives are very healthful; we ſaw
many very Aged amongſt them. The Ayr is clear
and ſweet, the Countrey very pleaſant and delight-
ful: And we could wiſh, that all they that want a
happy ſertlemenr, of our Engliſh Nation, were well
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Rom Tueſday the 29th of September, to Friday
the
ſhoar from the lat. 32 deg. 20 min, to the lat. 33
deg. 11 min. bar could difcern no Entrance for our
Ship, after we had paffed to the Northwards of 32
deg. 40 min. On Saturday the third inſtant, a vio-
lent ſtorm came up, the winde between the North
and the Eaſt; which Eaſterly windes and fowl wea-
ther continued till Monday the 12 tb. By reaſon of
which ſtorms and fowl weather, we were forced to
get off to Sea to ſecure our ſelves and ſhip, and were
horſed by reaſon of a ſtrong Currens, almoſt to
Cape Hatteraſſe in lat. 35 deg. 30 min. On Monday
the 12th aforeſaid we came to an Anchor in ſeven
fathom ar Cape Fair-Road, and took the Meridian-
Altitude of the Sun, and were in the lat. 33 deg.
43 min. the winde continuing ſtill Eaſterly, and
fowl weather till Thurſday the işth inftant; and on
Friday the 16th, the winde being at N.w.we weigh-
ed, and failed up Cape Fair-River, fome four or five
leagues, and came to an Anchor in fix or ſeven fa-
thom; at which time ſeveral Indians came on Board,
and brought us great ſtore of Freſh fiſh, large Mul-
lers, young Baſs, Shads, and ſeveral other ſorts of
very good well-tafted Fiſh. On Saturday the 17th,
we went down to the Cape to ſee the Engliſh Cartel,
but could not finde them, though we rounded the
Cape: And having an Indian Guide with us, here
weróde till the 24th inftantthe wiņde being againſt
us,
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us, we could not go up the River with our Ship; in
which time we went on ſhoar, and viewed the nd
of thoſe quarters. On Saturday we weighed, nd
fayled up the River ſome four leagues or ther a-
bours, Sunday the 25 th, we weighed again, and tow-
ed up the River, it being calm, and
got up ſome
fourteen leagues from the Harbours mouth, where
we mored our Ship. On Monday the 26 Oktober, we
went down with the Yoal to Necoes, an Indian Plan-
tation, and viewed the Land there. On Tueſday the
27th, we rowed up the main River with our long-
Boat and twelve men, ſome ten leagues or therea-
bours. On Wedneſday the 28th, we rowed up abour
eight or nine leagues more. Thurſday the 29th was
foul weather, of much rain and winde, which for-
ced us to make Hucs, and lye ſtill. Friday the zoth,
we proceeded up the main River, ſeven or eight
leagues. Saturday the 31, we got up three or four
leagues more, and came to a Tree that lay athwart
the River : but becauſe our Proviſions were neer
ſpent, we proceeded no further, but returned down-
ward the remainder of thar day; and on Monday the
ſecond of November, we came aboard our Ship. Tuef-
day the third , we lay ftill to refreſh our ſelves. On
Wedneſday the 4th, we went five or fix leagues up the
River to ſearch a branch that ran out of the main
River towards the N.w. In which branch we went
up five or ſix leagues : not liking the Land , we re-
turned on board that night about midnight, and
called that place Swampy-branch. Thurſday the fifth in-
ftant, we ſtaid aboard; on Friday the 6th we went up
Greens River, the mouth of it being againſt the place
we rode with our Ship. On Saturday the 7th, we
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proceeded up the faid River ſome fourteen or fifteen
leagues in all, and found that it ended in ſeveral
ſmall branches; the Land for the moſt part being
marſhy and ſwamps, we returned towards our ſhip,
and got aboard in the night : Sunday the 8th inſtant
we lay ſtill, and on Monday the gth we went again
up the main River, being well provided with Pro-
viſions and all things neceſſary, and proceeded up-
wards eill Thurſday noon 13th inftant , at which time
we came to a place where two Iſlands were in the
middle of the River, and by reaſon of the crooked-
neffe of the River at that place, ſeveral Trees lay as
thwart both branches, which ſtopped up the paſſage
of each branch , that we could proceed no further
with our Boat; but we went up the River ſide by
land ſome three or four miles, and found the River
to enlarge it felf: So we returned, leaving it as far
as we could ſee up a long reach running N. E.
we judging our ſelves from the Rivers mouth North
pear fifry leagues ; we returned, viewing the Land
on both ſides the River, and found as good tra&ts of
land, dry, well wooded, pleaſant and delightful as
we have ſeen any where in the world, with great
burthen of Graſſe on it, the land being very level,
with ſteep banks on both ſides the River , and in
fome places very high, the woods ſtor'd with abun-
dance of Deer and Turkies every where ; we never
going on ſhoar, but ſaw of each alſo Partridges great
ftore, Cranes abundance, Conies, which we ſaw
in ſeveral places 3 we heard ſeveral \Volves howling
in the woods, and ſaw where they had torn a Deer in
pieces. Alſo in the River we ſaw great ſtore of Ducks,
Teile, VVidgeon, and in the woods great flocks of
bino
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Parrakeeto's ; the Timber that the woods afford for
the moſt parc confifting of Oaks of four or five forts,
all differing in leaves, but all bearing Akorns very
good : we mealured many of the Oaks in ſeveral pla-
ces, which we found to be in bigneſſe fome tvvo,
ſome three and others almoſt four fathoms; in height,
before you come to boughs or limbs, forry, fitry,
fixty foot, and ſome more, and thoſe Oaks very
common in the upper parts of both Rivers ; Alſo a
very tall large Tree of great bigneſſe, which fome
docall Cyprus, the right name we know not, growing
in Swamps. Likewiſe Walnut , Birch, Beech, Ma-
ple, An, Bay, Willough, Alder and Holly; and
in the lowermoſt parts innumerable of Pines, tall
and good for boards or maſts, growing for the moſt
part in barren fandy ground, but in ſome places
up the River in good ground, being mixed amongſt
Oaks and other Timber. We ſaw ſeveral Mulberry-
trees, multitudes of Grape-Vines, and ſome Grapes
which we did ear of. VVe found a very large and
good tract of Land on the N. W. fide of the River,
thin of Timber, except here and there a very great
Qak, and full of Graffe, commonly as high as a mans
middle, and in many places to his ſhoulders, where
we ſaw many Deer and Turkies ; alſo one Deer with
very large horns, and great in body, therefore called
it Stag-Park : it being a very pleaſant and delightful
place, we travelled in it ſeveral miles, bue ſaw no
end thereof. So we returned to our Boat, and pro-
ceeded down the River, and came to another
place fome twenty five leagues from the Rivers
mouth on the ſame fide, where we found a place no
Ieffe delightful than the former; and as far as we
could

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could judge, both Trads came into one. This low.
er place we called Rocky-point, becauſe we found ma-
ny Rocks and Stones of ſeveral bigneſfe upon the
Land, which is not common. We ſent our Boar
down the River before us; our felves travelling by
Land many miles, were ſo much taken with the
pleaſantnefſe of the Land, that travelling into the
woods ſo far, we could not recover our Boat and
company that night. On Sunday the morrow follow-
ing we got to our Boat, and on Monday the 16th of
November, we proceeded down to a place on the
Eaſt-ſide of the River fome twenty three leagues
from the Harbours mouch, which we call d Turkie-
Quarters, becauſe we killed ſeveral Turkies there-
abours, VVe viewed the Land there, and found
ſome tra&ts of good Laod, and high, facing upon the
River about one mile inward, but backwards fome
two miles all Pine land, but good palture-ground:
we returned to our Boat, and proceeded down ſome
two or three leagues, where we had formerly view.
ed, and found ira (ract of as good Land as any we
have ſeen, with as good Timber on it. The banks
of the River being high, therefore we called it High-
Land Point. Having viewed that, we proceeded down
the River , going on ihoar in ſeveral places on both
ſides, it being generally large Marſhes, and many of
them dry, that they may more fitly be called Medows:
the woad-land 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:
And on Tueſday the 17th inſtant, we gor aboard our
Ship, riding againſt the mouth of Green's River,
where our men are providing wood, and fitting the
Ship

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Ship for the Sea: In the interim, we took ſome view
of the Land on both ſides of the River there, finding
ſome good Land, but more bad, and the beſt nor com-
parable to that above. Friday the 20th inſtant was
foul weather, yet in the Afternoon we weighed, and
went down the River ſome two leagues, and came
to Anchor againſt the mouth of Hilton's River, and
cook fome view of the Land there on both ſides,
which appeared to us much like unto thar at Green's
River, Monday 2 3. we went with our Lopg-boar
well victualled and manned up Hilton's River; and
when we came three leagues or thereabouts up the
ſaid River, we found this and Green's River to
come into one, and ſo continued for four or five
leagues, which cauſeth a great Iſland betwixt them.
We proceeded ſtill up the River , till they parted a-
gain, , keeping up Hilton's River on the Lar-board
fide, and followed the ſaid River five or fix leagues
further, where we found another large branch of
Green's River to come into Hilton's, which maketh
another great Iſland. On the Star-board ſide going
up,we proceeded ſtil up the River fome four leagues,
and returned , taking a view of the Land on both
ſides, and now judge our ſelves to be from our ſhip
ſome eighteen leagues w.and by w. One league be-
low this place came four Indians in a Canoa to us,
and fold us ſeveral baskers of Akorns, which we ſa-
tisfied for, and ſo left them; but one of them follow-
ed us on the ſhoar ſome two or three miles, till he
came on the top of a high bank, facing on the River,
we rowing underneath it, the ſaid Indian ſhot an
Arrow at us, which miffed one of our men very nar-
Towly, and fuck in the upper edge of the Boat, which
broke

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broke in pieces, leaving the head behind. Hereu pa
on we preſently made to the ſhoar, and went all up
the bank except four to guide the Boat; we ſearched
for the Indian, but could not finde him : Aclaſt we
heard ſome fing further in the Woods, which we
thought had been as a Chalenge to us to come and
fight them. We went towards them with all ſpeed,
but before we came in ſight of them, we heard two
Guns go off from our Boar, whereupon we retreat-
ed with all ſpeed to ſecure our Boat and Men : when
we came to them, we found all well, & demanded the
reaſon of their firing the Guns : they told us that an
Indian came creeping on the Bank as they thought to
ſhoot at them, therefore ſhot at him a great diſtance
with Swan-ſhot, bur thought they did him no hurt,
for they ſaw him run way. Preſently after our re-
turn to the Boat, while we were thus talking, came
two Indians to us with their Bows and Arrows , cry-
ing Bonny, Bonny: we took their Bows and Arrows
from them, and gave them Beads, to their content.
Then we led them by the hand to the Boat, and ſhew-
ed them the Arrow-head ſticking in her fide, and re-
lated to them the buſineſſe ; which when they under-
ftood, both of them manifeſted much forrow, and
made us underſtand by ſignes, that they knew 90-
thing of it: ſo we let them go, and marked a Tree
on the top of the bank, calling the place Mount-
Skerry. We looked up the River as far as we could
difcern, and ſaw that it widened it ſelf, and came
running directly down the Countrey : So we return-
ed,and viewed the Land on both ſides the River, fin-
ding the banks ſteep in ſome places, but very high
in others. The banks fides are generally Clay, and
D
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as fone of our company doch affirm, fome Marle.
The Land and Timber up this River is no way interi-
our to the beſt in the other, which we call the main
River : So far as we diſcovered, this ſeems as fair, if
not fairer than the former, and we think runs further
into the Countrey, becauſe there is a ſtrong Current
comes down, and a great deal more drift-wood.
But to return to the buſineſs of the Land and Timber:
We ſaw ſeveral plats of Ground cleared by the India
ans after their weak manner, compaſſed round with
great Timber-Trees; which they are no ways able to
fall, and ſo keep the Sun from their Corn-fields very
much; yet nevertheleſſe we ſaw as large Corn-Italks
or bigger, than we have ſeen any where elſe : So we
proceeded down the River, till we found the Canoa
the Indian was in who ſhot at us. In the morn-
ing we went on fhoar, and cur the fame in pieces :
the Indians perceiving us coming towards them, run
away. We went to his Hur , and pulled it down,
brake his pors, platters, and ſpoons, tore his Deer-
skins and Mars in pieces, and took away a basket of
Akorns : So we proceeded down the River two
leagues, or thereabouts, and came to another place
of indians, bought Akorns and ſome Corn of them,
and went downwards two leagues more : ac laſt we
eſpied an Indian peeping over a high bank : we held
up a Gun at him, and calling to him, faid, Skerry:
prefently ſeveral Indians appeared to us, making
great fignes of friendſhip, ſaying, Bonny, Bonny, and
running before us, endeavouring to perſwade us to
come on fhoar ; but we anſwered them with ftern
countenances, and ſaid, Skerry , taking up our guns,
and threarning to ſhoot at them, but they cryed fill
Bonny,

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Bonny, Bonny: And when they ſaw they could not pter
vail, nor perſwade us to come on Thoar, two of
them came off to us in a Canoa, one padling with
a great Cene, the other with his hand, they came to
us, and laid hold of our Boat, ſweating and
blowing,
and told us it was Bonny on ſhoar, and at laſt perſwa-
ded us to go aſhoar with them. As ſoon as we land-
ed , ſeveral Indians, to the number of near forty luſty
men, came to us, all in a great ſwear, and told us
Bonny : we ſhewed them the Arrow-head in the
Boars-ſide, and a piece of the Canoa which we had
cut in pieces: the chief man of them made a large
Speech, and threw Beads into our Boar, which is a
figne of great love and friendſhip; and made us to
underſtand, when he heard of the Affront which we
had received, it cauſed him to cry: and now he and
his men were come to make peace with us, making
fignes to us that they would tye his Arms, and cut
off his head that had done us that abuſe; and for a
further teſtimony of their love and good will towards
us , they preſented to us two very handſom proper
young Indian women , the talleſt that we have ſeen
in this Countrey , which we ſuppoſed to be the Kings
Daughters, or perſons of ſome great account amongſt
them. Theſe young women were ready to come into
our Boar; one of them crouding in, was hardly per-
fwaded to go out again. We preſented to the King
a Hatchet and ſeveral Beads, alſo Beads to the young
women and to the chief men, and to the reit of the
Indians, as far as our Beads would go : they promi-
fed us in four days to come on board our Ship, and
fo departed from us. When we left the place, which
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was preſentiy, we called it Mount-Bonray, becauſe
we had there concluded a firm Peace. Proceeding
down the River two or three leagues further, we
came to a place where were nine cr cen Canoa's al
together; we went aſhoar there, and found ſeveral
Indians, but moſt of them were the ſame which had
made Peace with us before : We made little ſtay
there, but went directly down the River, and came
to our Ship before day. Thurfday the 26th of No-
vember, the winde being at South, we could no: go
down to the Rivers mouth : bur on Friday the 27th,
we weighed at the mouth of Hilton's River, and gor
down one league towards the Harbours mouth. On
Sunday the 29th, we got down to Crane-Iſland, which
is four leagues or thereabouts above the Entrance of
the Harbours mouth. Now on Tueſday the firſt of
December, we made a purchaſe of the River and land
of Cape-Fair, of wattcoofa, and ſuch other Indians as
appeared to us to be the chief of thoſe parts : they
brought us ſtore of Freſh-fiſh aboard, as Mullers,
Shads, and other very good Fiſh: this River is all
Freſh-water fit to drink. Some eight leagues within
che mouth,the Tide runs up about thirty five leagues,
but ſtops and riſeth a great deal farther up; it flowes
at the Harbours mouth S. E. and N. W. fix foor at
Neap-Tides, and eight foot ar Spring-Tides : the
Chanel on the Eaſter-lide by the Cape-Shoar is the
beſt, and Iyes cloſe aboard the Cape.land, being three
fathoms at High-water, in the ſhalloweſt place in
the Chanel juſt at the Entranec; but as ſoon as you
are paſt that place halfa Cables length inward, you
fall have fix or ſeven fathoms , a fair turning Cha-
nel into the River , and ſo continuing four or five
leagues

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leagues upwards ; afterwards the Chanel is more
difficult in ſome places fix or ſeven farhoms, four
or five, and in other places but nine or ten foot, ea
fpecially where the River is broad. When the River
comes to pare, and grows narrow, there is all Cha-
nel from ſide to ſide in moſt places ; in ſome places
you ſhall have five, fix, or ſeven fathoms, but ge-
nerally two or three, Sand and Oaze. We viewed the
Cape-land, and judged it to be little worth, the
Woods of it ſhrubby and low, the Land ſandy and
barren; in ſome places Graſs and Ruſhes, and in
other places nothing bur clear fand : a place fitter to
ſtarve Cattel in our judgement, then to keep them
alive; yet the Indians, as we underſtand, keep the
Engliſh Cattle down there, and ſuffer them not to
go off the ſaid Cape, as we ſuppoſe, becauſe the
Countrey-Indians ſhall havero part with them, and
as we think, are fallen out about them, who fhall
have the greateſt ſhare. They brought aboard our
Ship very good and fax Beef ſeveral times, which
they could afford very reatonable; alſo fat and very
large Swine, good cheap penny-worths : but they
may thank their friends of New-England, who brought
their Hogs to ſo fair a Marker. Some of the Indians
brought very good Salt aboard us , and made ſignes,
pointing to both ſides of the Rivers mouth, that there
was great ſtore thereabours. We ſaw up the River
feveral good places for the ſetting up of Corn or
Saw-mills. In that time as our buſineſſe called us up
and down the River and Branches, we kill'd of wild-
fowl, four Swans, ten Geeſe, twenty nine Cranes,
ten Turkies, forty Duck and Mallard, three dozen of
Parrakeeto's, and fix or ſeven dozen of other ſmall
Fowls, as Curlues and Plovers, 60, Where-

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VV:
ods 2
Hereas there was a Writing left in a
Poft at the Point of Cape Fair River, by
thofe New-England-men that left Carrel with the
Indians there, the Contents whereof tended not on
ly to the diſparagement of the Land about the ſaid
River, but alſo to the grear diſcouragement of all
thoſe that ſhould hereafter come into thoſe Parts to
ſettle: In Anſwer to that ſcandalous writing, We
whoſe names are under-written do affirm, That we
have ſeen facing on both fides of the River, and
branches of Cepe-Fair aforeſaid,
as good Land and as
well Timbred, as any we have ſeen in any other part
of the world, fufficient to accommodate thouſands
of our Engliſh Nation, lying commodiouſly by the
ſaid River. gloqqol sweats bid oo
Semedo diw 11800 rsvalls
On Friday the 4th of December, the winde being
fair, we put our to Sea, bound for Barbadoes ; and on
the 6th day of January, 1663, we came to Anchor
in Carliſle-Bay ; and after ſeveral known apparent
dangers both by Sea and Land, have now brought
us all in ſafety to our long-wiſh’d-for and much defi-
red Port, to render an Accompt of our Diſcovery,
the verity of which we aver.
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​A Copy of the Spanyard's firſt Letter.
Am come to this Town of Infidel-Indians, to
leek fome Engliſh, which mycGovernour and
Captain-General, Don Alonſo de Arangows, de
Colis, Cavallier, and Knight of the Order of
St. James, for his Majeſty, had notice thar.
there was a Ship loſt in that Port in which you are,
that the men might not run any hazard of their lives,
as thoſe with me here have. Don Adeleyers, with the
Governor of the Gariſon of S. Auguftine, are gone to
ranſome and free the Subje&ts of the King your Ma-
ſter,CHARLES the Second: Wherefore I adviſe
you, that if theſe Indians (although Infidels and Bar-
barians) have not killed any of the Chriſtians, and do
require as a gift or courtelie for thoſe four men, four
Spades, and four Axes, ſome Knives and ſome Beads,
and the four Indians which you have there, you de-
liver them, and that for their fakes that ſhall
fayl on this Coaft: you may ſend a Boats who when
The comes athwart the Port
of St. Ellens,may hoiſt an
Ancient twice or thrice, and I will do the ſame. The
Choczneffe of the diſparch I defire ,, for I want pro-
viſion for my soldiers, and the way is large. Your
Servant delires you would give me a ſpeedy Anſwer:
and what may be done in your ſervice, I ſhall do
very willingly : And if you have none that can in-
ter prer the Spaniſh Tongue , you may write in your
own, for here are your Countrey-men that can up-
derſtand it: but if you can, let it be in Spaniſh.
From the Cape. Alanſo Argucles.
From St. Ellens the 2 2 of Sep-
The
temb. 1663.

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The Copies of our Letters ſent to the
ENGLISH and SPANIARDS at St.
Ellens, with the Anſwer of Mr. William
Davis, and the Spaniards alſo, here inclo-
fed.
VV
Loving Friends and Country-men,
Ee are come up the River with our
Ship,and are reſolved to come through
by Combiheh, to St. Elens, and to get
you away by fair means, or otherways. If that will
nor do, we have five of your company already : and
the Captain of Ediſton, and one more are Priſoners
with us, whom we intend to keep till we have rel-
cued all the Engliſh Priſoners out of the hands of the
Indians. Send us word by this Bearer what you
know concerning the Spanyards; for the youth Mor-
gan tells us, that the Spanyards are come with Soldiers
to ferch you away. Fail nor to inform us how things
are. Nothing elſe at preſent, but remain
or Your friend and Servant
on SVOJOV
WILL, HILTON.
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From on Board the Adventure, or disides
Septemb. 21. 1663.
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An Anſwer to the Spanyards Letter
not underſtood.
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Honoured Sir,
Hereas wee received a Letter from you.
the Contents whereof we underſtand not,
becauſe none of us could read Spaniſe :
Our buſinefic is to demand and receive the Engliſh
Priſoners from the hands of the Indians, and then
they fall have their Indians which we have detained
on Board, with fatisfa&ion for their pains. We
underſtand not at preſent that we have any bufipeffe.
with you. Not elſe at preſent, but remain
Your Eriend and Servant in what I me,
WILL HILTON
Krono on Board the Adventure,
Septemb, 23. 1663.
Gooimet
To his honoured Fricnd the Spaniſh
Captain at St. Elens.
AN

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V
An Anlwer to Mr. William Davis
19 his. Lines written alascia thur Spámyard's
Letter, Vix. .booſlobregon
Mr.william Davis,
Ee received your Lines in the Spaniſl Lét.
Vater but hear nothing of your coming to
:06 bus. Lenyerr Keepers fend you, and that
die er without delays for you may affure them,
That we will be gone, and carry the Indians away
with us, except they ſend the Engliſh ſuddenly on
Board znánd then they fhall have their Indians upon
Our receipt of che Engliſh Nor elfe at preſentz bur
thank the Spaniſh Caprain for the Pork and Veniſon
he ſent us. Remain
pare i tada se desarrour loving Friend
OTJIH,
WILI, HILTON..
SVA steel
From on Board the Adventure, der .ss .direig2
September 24, 1663.
Distanta basit bocor id OT
To Mr. Willam Davis at St. Ellensa.3.27s aisgs
SIR,

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SIR,
Ee have received your ſecond Letter, and
give you no Anſwer, for the Reaſon men-
tioned in our former Letter to you. Pleaſe
to inform the Indians, That if they bring
not the Engliſh Priſoners on Board us withour fur-
ther delay, we are reſolved to carry their Indians we
have on Board away ! But it they will bring the
Engliſh, they ſhall have theirs, with ſatisfa&tion, Alſo
we thank you for your Veniſon and Pork. Not elſe
ar preſent, but remain OOONO medo
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cbs & omnibus vir 90 13 2001, 2002
land Your Friend and Seruant in what I maya.1
ated Bovat zabaltzionala sio sangbolnica
Ismisi 21 snob ay W III. HILTON zavil
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From on Board the Adventure Lolls of you on nail
Septemb. 24. 1663. JOY: 91destiwal
219 903 19voolib to
To his Honoured Friend, the Spaviſh osobo
so Captain at St. Elensi ed you in muoy eritab I
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A Copy of the Spanyard's fecond Letter.
MY
Y Governour and Capt. General, as ſoon as
he had News that a Ship, by Nation Englih,
was loſt in chat Port in which you now are, ſent me
with Soldiers of the Gariſon of St. Augudine in Flo-
rida, as they have at other times done, to free
them from death ; for which cauſe I came to this
Portof St. Ellers, where I found all theſe Indians in
a fright , fearing that you will do them ſome mil-
chief : So having found four men of thoſe that were
loft, I thought good to adviſe you, that you might
carry them in your company, giving ſome gifts to
thoſc Indians, which they deſire ; which is, four
Spades, four Axes, fome Knives, and ſome Beads.,
This they defire, not as paymenr, but onely as an
acknowledgment of a kindneſs for having ſaved their
lives ;. which they have always donc as Naturals
who have given their obedience to the King our Ma-
fter. And they do alſo deſire you to let go thoſe four
Indians which are there : You may ſend a Boat when
you diſcover the Poines of St. Elens ; may hoiſt an
Ancient two or three times, and I will do the ſame,
I deſire your Anſwer may be fodain ; for I am ſcarce
of Proviſions, and the way is ſomewhat long: and
if you have no body who underſtands Spaniſlo, you
may write in Engliſl, for here are your Countrey.
men who will interpret il..
By the Captain Alapfo Arguiles,
From St. Ellens, Septembe
23. 1663
Propoſats

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coba kad su boot
อยากไปวาร
Sasiga 256 berbudako ya
Propoſals made to all ſuch Perſons as
hall undertake to become the firſt Set-
lers on Rivers , Harbours, or Creeks,
whoſe Mouth or Entrance is Southwards
or Weſtwards of Cape St. Romana in the
Province of Carolina, and execute the
ſame at their own hazard and charge of
Tranſportation, Ammunition, and Pro-
vifion, as is hereafter expreſſed, &c.
Mprimis, It is agreed and conſented to by us Tho.
mas Mudyford, and Peter Colleton, Eſquires,
who are impowered by the Lords Proprietors to
treat in their behalf ; That in conſideration of
the good fervite which Captain Anthony Long,
Captain William Hilton, and Mr. Peter Fabian have
done in making ſo clear a Diſcovery on that Coaft, They
Shall each of them enjoy to them and their Heirs for ever
one thouſand Acres of land apiece upon the ſaid River,
Harbour, or Creeks, on ſuch places as they ſhall deſire, not
taken up before. 15 og der Ostende ved
Els vos 11. seis mesija ixsa zisa
Item, To Mafter Pyam Blowers, and Maſter John
F
Hancock,

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Hancock , five hundred Acres apiece, in manner as afore-
faido
III.
Item, To All the Sea-men and Adventurers in the faid,
Ship, one hundred Acres apiece in manner as aforeſaid.
aniol 191 bulliv. aber alsloqo17
1922 ods
Irem, To every perſon that hath fubfcribed and paid,
or hath ſubſcribed and ſhall pay within two moneths next af-
tér the Date bereof, unto the Treaſurer appointed by the
Committee for defraying the Change of the late Diſcovery,
and towards the publique Stock, five hundred Acres of
Land, beſides what they are otherwayes to receive anden-
joy each for every thouſand pounds of Sugar, and ſo for
greater or lefſer quantity proportionably, to.poffefe and en-
joy the fame in manner as aforeſaid the faid
Advents-
rers having promiſed, That the ſeverall and reſpe&tive
Perſons above-intended, ſhall within five years next en-
ſuing, have one perſon white or black, young or oldy
tranſported at their Charge as aforeſaid, on that or fome
other parcel of Land in the Province, fer every hundreds of
Acres of Land that is or ſhall be due to them for their ad
ventures as aforeſaid : But when once taken up, to ſettle-
the ſame within one year after it is once taken up or lose
the Landondi songolta olasitost nasce
Clio V. of 3
Item, Toeveryi Perfon that goes, or fends an Agent et
bis or their own coſt with the firft Ship or Fleet, or within
fix weeks next after the firft ship or Fleet that ſhall be ſet
aut from this iſland (none to be accompted as firſt Setlers
but

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but ſuch as do ſend in the firſt Fleet ) Armed with a good
Fire-lock , ten pounds of Powder , and twenty pounds of
Bullet, or Lead, and Vi&ualled for fix monetbs, ſhall
have one hundred Acres of Land, and the like quantity of
Acres for every Man-fervant that he carrieth fo armed and
provided, to the perſon at whoſe charge they ſhall be tranf-
ported as aforeſaid.
VI.
Irem, To every perſon that ſhall ſecond the firſt Under-
takers, that is to ſay, ſhall go within two months next af-
ter thoſe that are accompted as firft Setlers, armed and
provided as aforeſaid, ſeventy Acres of Land, and ſe-
venty Acres for every Man-fervant that he or they ſhall
Carry or ſend Armed and provided as aforeſaid.
Jornades
273 VII.
Irem, to every perſon provided as aforeſaid, that
ſhall go within two years after the firſt Undertakers , fifty
Acres of Land, and as much to him or them for every
Man-feruant he or they ſhall carry or fend, armed and pro-
vided as aforeſaid.
VIII. sd
Ciao
Item, To every Free-woman above the age of twelve
years, that ſhall go, or be carried thither within the firſt
five years , forty Acres of Land.
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Item, To all Male-Children above the age of fourteen
gears:
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gears, the fame quantity that is allowed to Free-men, and
on the ſame Conditions.
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X.
| Trem, The Lords Proprietors will grant unto every pa-
riſb one hundred Acres of Land for the Church and other
publique uſes.
XI.
Irem, To every perſon that hath fubfcribed, and ſhall
pay to the above mentioned Diſcovery, who ſhall go or fend
an Agent within the firſt five years wext after the first Set-
lers , forty. Acres of Land; and as much to them for every
Man-Servant they ſhall carry or ſend within that time arm-
ed and provided as aforeſaid, and the like quantity for all
others fo tranſporting themſelves or ſervants within the firſt
three years, who are not Subſcribers.
XHI.
Item, To every Man-fervant that ſhall go with the first
Undertakers, fifty Acres of Land; and to ſuch as go with
the ſecond Adventurers thirty Acres, and for all other ſer-
vants that ſhall go within the firſt five years ,. twenty Acres,
and for every woman.fervant ten Acres, to become due at
the Expiration of the first Term of their ſeruitude in that
Countrey.
XIII.
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Item, To the Owner of every Negro-Man or Slave,
brought thither to ſettle within the first year , twenty acres ;
and for every woman-Negro ar Slave , ten acres of Land;
and all Men-Negro's, or Naves after that time, and within
the first five years, ten acres, and for every Woman-Negro
or ſlave, five acres,
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XIV.
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Item, That all the before-mentioned parcels of Land
given, or to be given, allotted or granted to any perſon
or perſons whatſoever, ſhall be held and enjoyed to them,
their Heirs and Aſigns for ever,
in free and common Soca
cage, according to the Tenure of East-Greenwich within
the County of Kent within the Kingdom of England (and
not in Capite, or by Knights-ſervice ) paying as a fine
ance for all to the Lords Proprietors, or their Agents im-
powered to receive the ſame one half-peny per aere for every
Acre of Land that is or Mall be taken up as aforeſaid, or
the value of the ſaid half-peny per Acre, when the
per-
ſon who is to receive it ſhall receive his Deed or Copy of Re-
ford for his Land fotaken ups and in lieu of all, and all
manner of Rents, Services , Fines, Taxes and Impoſi-
tions whatſoevery one ear of Indian Corn for every hun-
dred acres of Land ſo taken up, at a certain time and place
preſcribed, if lawfully demanded.
XV.
Item, It is further agreed, That every perſon ſhall on
may take up their Land, or any part thereof, where they
please , in any place not before taken up : Provided
they do therein ſubmit to ſuch Method as the Governor and
Council for the time being fall judge moft ſafe and conne-
nient,
XVI.
Irem, That the Lords Proprietors ſhall grant to the
Free-Holders the Priviledge of chooſing an annual Aſſem-
bly, wherein by the conſent of the ſaid Lords, or thein
Delegates, they ſhall be impowered to make Lames, and
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them confirm, publiſh, and abrogate, as in the
great
Charter is expreſſed; and that the Aſſembly may lawfully
,
without the conſent of the Governour, complain to the ſaid
Lords of ſuch Grievances as lye upon the People.
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302 som best, XVII.2 hansi sisi
Item, That foraſmuch as the Lords Proprietors or their
Delegates may not be at all times there prefent, to confext
to such Lawes as are or ſhall be thought neceffary ; In
ſuch Cafe all Lawes and Orders made by the Governour,
Council and Aſſemrly, ſhall be in force untill the Denyal
thereof by the Lords Proprietors ſhall be to them fignified
under their Hands in Writing.
( XVIII.
Item, That the ſaid Free-Holders ſhall have the free-
dome of Frade, Immunity of Cuſtomes, and Liberty of
Conſcience, and all other Priviledges made good unto them
as amply and as fully as is at large expreſſed in the great
Charter granted to the ſaid Lords Proprietors from His
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