I presented him with two yards of blue cloth, an axe, knives, and various other articles.

He gave me in return a large shell which resembled the under shell of a Guernsey oyster, but was somewhat larger.

Where they procure them I could not discover, but they cut and polish them for bracelets, ear-rings, and other personal ornaments...." The women of this place were employed in boiling sorrel and different kinds of berries in large square kettles made of cedar wood.

This pottage, when it had attained a certain consistency, they took out with ladles, and poured it into frames about twelve inches square.
These were then exposed to the sun, until their contents became so many dried cakes.

This was their principal article of food, and probably of traffic.