that six days ago three Christians and two

Shawans Indians, who went about fifteen months ago, with Arnout Vielle, into the Shawans country, were passed by the Mennissincks going for Albany to fetch powder for Arnout and his company and further told them that said Arnout intended to be there with seven hundred of the said Shawans Indians, loaden with beaver and pelteries, at the time the Indian corn is about one foot high, which may :

sufficient to

draw

Amsterdam " The small pox took many Loskiel says that of them away lately." the Indians discovered a remedy in what :

he

calls

adds,

"fossil

oil"

(petroleum).

He

" an old Indian in the small pox

down in a morass to cool himself, and soon recovered. This led to the dis covery of an oil spring in the morass, and since that time many others have been found, both in the country of the DelaAbout the wares and the Iroquois."

lay

time spoken of by Loskiel, the epidemic was severe in the Esopus country. An entire company of Ottaivas visiting there Garneau's His were among its victims. 228 , New York His tory of Canada, I, torical

Collections,

Los/Kiel's

2d

series,

Moravian Miss.

n,

249;

1 1 7.

The Mennissinck sachems further said

that one of their sachems and other In to fetch beavor and which they had hunted, and having heard no news of them are afraid that the Sinneques have killed them for

dians

were gone

pelteries