with savages here and there, and holding some little converse with
them. A few were found to be friendly, while others appeared to
think we were stealing their land by thus coming among them.

One of the most friendly of the savages, so Nathaniel said, having
shown by making marks on the ground with his foot that he wished
to tell our people about the country, and having been given a pen
and paper, drew a map of the river with great care, putting in the
islands and waterfalls and mountains that our men would come to,
and afterward he even brought food to our people such as wheat and
little sweet nuts and berries.

I myself would have been pleased to go on shore and see these strange
people, but not being able to do so save at the cost of leaving my
master, I can only repeat some of the curious things which Nathaniel
Peacock told me. It must be known that there was more than one
nation, or tribe, of savages in this new land of Virginia, and
each had its king or chief, who was called the werowance. I might
set down the names of these tribes, and yet it would be so much
labor lost, because they are more like fanciful than real words.
As, for example, there were the Paspaheghes, whose werowance was
seemingly more friendly to our people than were the others.

Again, there were the Rapahannas, who wore the legs of birds through
holes in their ears, and had all the hair on the right side of
their heads shaven closely.

It gives them much pleasure to dance, so Nathaniel said, he having
seen them jumping around more like so many wolves, rather than
human beings, for the space of half an hour, shouting and singing