the ice drifting. We were in great danger, for if one of us had lost
his footing it had cost us our lives; but God the Lord preserved us,
and we came through safely. We were wet up to above the waist,
and after going for another half league we came thus wet, with our
clothes, shoes and stockings frozen to us, to a very high hill on
which stood 32 houses, like the other ones. Some were 100, 90,
or 80 paces long; in every house we saw four, five, or six fireplaces
where cooking went on. A good many savages were at home, so we
were much looked at by both the old and the young; indeed, we
could hardly pass through. They pushed each other in the fire to
see us, and it was more than midnight before they took their departure.
We could not absent ourselves to go to stool; even then they crawled
around us without any feeling of shame. This is the third castle and
is named Schanidisse. The chief's name is Tewowary. They lent me
this evening a lion skin to cover myself; but in the morning I had
more than a hundred lice. We ate much venison here. Near this
castle there is plenty of flat land, and the wood is full of oaks and
nut trees. We exchanged here one beaver skin for one awl.

December 21. We started very early in the morning, and thought
of going to the fourth estate, but after a half league's marching we
came to a village with only nine houses, of the name of Osquage;
the chief's name was Oquoho--that is, wolf. And here we saw a
big stream that our guide did not dare to cross, as the water was
over one's head because of the heavy rainfall; so we were obliged
to postpone it till the next day. The chief treated us very kindly;
he did us much good and gave us plenty to eat, for everything to
be found in his houses was at our service. He said often to me that
I was his brother and good friend; yes, he told me even how he had
been travelling overland for thirty days, and how he met there an