Scheeps-togt van Martin Pringe, gedaan in 't jaar 1603. Van Bristol na 't noorder-gedeelte van Virginien....

and quivers.

...arrows were a hand-breadth longer than an ell approximately 45 inches, not made of reed, but of very light wood, smooth and round. To these, with a type of glue, three long feathers from an eagle, vulture, or similar bird were fastened as neatly as anyone in our country could do. Their quivers were more than an ell long and made of long, dry rushes, which were elegantly decorated at the top and bottom with red diamonds and other colors.

Advantage of 2 English Mastiffs.

Of which the Wild ones were terribly afraid.

We had brought two large mastiffs from Bristol, of which the Indians were more afraid than of twenty of our own men. One of these dogs could carry a half-pike in its mouth. It happened that a Mr. Thomas Bridges, a gentleman of our company, became separated from his companions and went six miles inland alone with one of these dogs, returning safely. Whenever we wanted to make the wild ones leave, we only had to let the dogs loose, for they, noticing this, would take flight immediately while shouting.

Their color and adornment of the Men,

and Women.

The inhabitants here lean toward the dark side and have the color of chestnuts or tanned leather, which, however, is not natural but accidental. Their hair is braided in four strands, slung around the head, and tied together in a knot at the back. In their hair, they stick various feathers and other trifles, with which they show off greatly and take pride. They cover their shame only with a leather patch, which is pulled between the legs and fastened to their belts in front and back; from these belts their tobacco pouches also hang. They seem to be jealous of their wives; at least we saw no more than two who had leather skins hanging in front of their bodies down to their knees instead of aprons, and wore a bear skin, like an Irish mantle, on one of their shoulders. The