[26] The Hudson.
[27] Quebec.
[28] The Indians could not be persuaded at first that paper was any thing else than tanned leather.
[29] The star flower.
[30] The mountain plant.
[31] The burnt weed.
[32] Chesapeak Bay.
[33] Place of worship—church.
[34] The Indians, occupying what is now called Virginia, had posts fixed around the interior of their Quiccosan, or place of worship, with men's faces carved upon them. These tribes have long been extinct.
[35] Altar-stone. From this proceeds the great reverence these tribes had for a small bird, peculiar to that region, and which continually called out that name. They believed it was the soul of one of their princes, and thence permitted no one to harm it. But there was once, they said, a wicked Indian, who, after abundance of fears and scruples, was, at last, bribed to kill one of them. But he paid dear for his presumption, for a few days after he was taken away, and never more heard of.