An Account of the First Discovery, And Natural History of Florida : With a Particular Detail of the Several Expeditions And Descents Made On That Coast
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to whom he explained, by figns, that his rout was to Apalache. The Indian gave them to underftand that he was an enemy to the Apalachians ; and, after the mutual exchange of a 'i^w prefents, and paffing another river, l^e entertained them in his towns with maize and venifon. Hence, through moft harraffing and almoft imp.iffible ways, on the 25th of the fame miOnth, Narva and his party arrived at Apalache \ tind, failing upon the natives, who neither expected nor were at all prepared to receive ...fuch a vifit, the town was taken at the firft at- tack. Great quantities of maize, ikins of beafts, garments Vv'oven of thread, (for the moft civilized of the Floridans make a decent fort of coarfe cloth, out of tha inward bark of fome trees which abound in that country, as well as ropes, &c.) together with other commodities belonging to the inhabitants, fell into their hands. The town confiftcd of forty low cottages, covered with ftraw, ex- cellently guarded againft accidents of winds, which, at times, are very frequent in thele places, and defended likev/ife on every iide by ridges of lofty mountains, and a deep oozy ground.
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