Englishman, to learn the language of the Minquase and to buy the
skins. I asked him whether there were any French savages there
with the Sinnekens. He said yes; and I felt gratified and had a
good hope to reach my aim. They called me here to cure a man
that was very sick.

December 22. When the sun rose, we waded together through
the stream; the water was over the knee, and so cold that our
shoes and stockings in a very short time were frozen as hard
as armor. The savages dared not go through, but went two by
two, with a stick and hand in hand; and after going half a league
we came to a village named Cawaoge. There stood fourteen
houses, and a bear to fatten. We went in and smoked a pipe of
tobacco, because the old man who was our guide was very tired.
Another old man approached us, who shouted, "Welcome,
welcome! you must stop here for the night"; but we wanted to
be on the march and went forward. I tried to buy the bear, but
they would not let it go. Along these roads we saw many trees
much like the savin, with a very thick bark. This village
likewise stood on a very high hill, and after going for another
league we came into the fourth castle by land whereon we saw
only a few trees. The name is Te notoge. There are 55 houses,
some one hundred, others more or fewer paces long. The kill
we spoke about before runs past here, and the course is mostly
north by west and south by east. On the other bank of the kill
there are also houses; but we did not go in, because they were
most of them filled with corn and the houses in this castle are
filled with corn and beans. The savages here looked much
surprised to see us, and they crowded so much around us that
we could hardly pass through, for nearly all of them were at