danger. In this river here spoken of, often six, seven, or eight hundred
salmon are caught in a single day. I saw houses where 60, 70, and
more dried salmon were hanging.

December 31. On Sunday the chief of this castle came back (his
name is Arenias), and one more man. They told us that they
returned from the French savages, and some of the savages shouted
"Jawe Arenias!" which meant that they thanked him for having come
back. And I told him that in the night we should fire three shots; and
he said it was all right; and they seemed very well contented. We
questioned them concerning the situation [of the places] in their
castle and their names, and how far they were away from each other.
They showed us with stones and maize grains, and Jeronimus then
made a chart of it. And we counted all in leagues how far each place
was away from the next. The savages told us that on the high land
which we had seen by that lake there lived men with horns on their
heads; and they told us that a good many beavers were caught there,
too, but they dared not go so far because of the French savages;
therefore they thought best to make peace. We fired three shots
in the night in honor of the year of our Lord and Redeemer, Jesus
Christ.

Praise the Lord above all! In the castle Onneyuttehage, or Sinne-
kens, January 1, 1635.

January 1, 1635. Another savage scolded at us. We were scoundrels,
as told before; and he looked angry. Willem Tomassen got so excited
that the tears were running along his cheeks, and the savages, seeing
that we were not at all contented, asked us what was the matter, and
why we looked so disgusted at him. There were in all 46 persons