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he would have raised a pillar to the
discovery, if the fear Of the Indians
and the want Of food had permitted
him to stay. Here moved to cross
the river and march on; but the rest
of the company were SO weary OF the
enterprise that crying out, enc end
| all, they had offered violence to me
had ! not been provided with a pri-
vate commission from the Governor
of Virginia to proceed, though the
rest of the company should abandon
me: the sight Of which laid their fury.
THE air in these parts was so
moist that all our biscuit became
mouldy and unfit to be eaten, so
that some nicer stomachs, who at
our setting.out laughed at my provi-
sion Of 1ndian-meal parched, would
gladly now have shared with me: but
being determined to go upon fur
ther discoveries refused to part with
any Of that which was to be my most
necessary sustenance."
Harris and his men turned back on
June and Lederer went on accom-.
panied by one Indian, named Jack
zetavon, apparently glad enough 10
be rid of the amateur explorers for
whom he entertained q whole-hearted
contempt. He turned south, skirting
along the Blue Ridge foothills.
Maj. Harris" he says contemptu.
ously, lat parting gave me a gun,
believing me a lost man, and given
up as q prey to Indians or savage
beasts: which made him the holder
In Virginia to report strange things
in his own praise and my disparage.
| ment, presuming I would never APP.
pear to disprove him. This, I sup.
pose, and no other was the cause
that he did with 30 much industry
procure me discredit and odium; but
have lost nothing by 1t, but what
never studied to gain, which is
popular applause
-FOUR days later Lederer and Jack
zetavon reached an Indian viii
| lage named Sapon, on a branch Of
the Roanoke River These Indians
hitherto had been hostile to the white
men, but when the explorer had pre-.
sented them with 'some trifles OF
glass and metal" they made him wei.
| come and offered a sacrifice in his
honor, but they went further and
| consulted their godds whether they
should not admit me into their ma.
| ton and councils, and stay amongst
them either by marriage with the
kings or some Of the great mems
| ado, waved their courtesie and got
my passport, having given my word
| to return to them"
Sapon was outside the limits OF
Virginia, in the newly established
Carolina colony. Lederer continued
southwest along the river. coming on
| the fourth day to a pleasant island
where he met -four stranger.Indians.
whose bodies were painted in various
| colors with figures Of animals whose
likeness had never seen; and by
some discourse and signs which
passed between us / gathered that
they were the only survivors of SO
who set together in company from
4 some great island, as conjecture. to
the northwest; for I understood that
they crossed great water in which
most Of their party persisted by tenn
pest, and the rest dying in the
marshes and mountains by famine and
hard weather.
1.-The most remarkable conjecture
can frame out of this relation is
that these Indians might come from
the island of New Albion or Califor
mia. from whence we may imagine
some great arm Of the Indian Ocean
or bay stretches into the continent
towards the Apalatean Mountains In
the nature OF a midland sea. I have
heard several Indians testify that the
nation Of Rickohockans, who dwell
not far to the westward Of the Apala'
taean Mountains, are seated upon a
land, as they term it, Of great weaves
by which I suppose they mean the
seashore."
For several weeks Lederer wander.
ed among the Indian tribes of Caro-
lima. meeting with curious adventures.
lone village he found where "the In
dams are so indiscreetly fond Of their
children that they will not chastise
them for any mischief or insolence.
A little boy had shot an arrow
through my body had I not recon
ciled him to me with gifts; and al
this anger was because had spurred
my horse out Of another arrows way
which he directed at him. This
caused such q mutiny among tbs