Obs: These birds, although they doe the corne also some hurt, yet scarce will one Native amongst an hundred will kil them, because they have a tradition, that the Crow brought them at first an Indian Graine of Corne in one Eare and an Indian or French Beane in another, from the Great God Kautántouwits field in the Southwest from whence they hold came all their Corne and beanes.
| Hònck, hònckock, | Goose, Geese. |
| Wómpatuck-quâuog, | Swan, Swans. |
| Wéquash-shâuog, | |
| Munnûcks-munnûcksuck, | Brants, or Brantgeese. |
| Quequécum-mâuog, | Ducks. |
Obs: The Indians having abundance of these sorts of Foule upon their waters, take great paines to kill any of them with their Bow and Arrowes; and are marvellous desirous of our English Guns, powder and shot (though they are wisely and generally denied by the English) yet with those which they get from the French, and some others (Dutch and English) they kill abundance of Fowle, being naturally excellent marks-men; and also more hardned to endure the weather, and wading, lying, and creeping on the ground, &c.
I once saw an exercise of training the English, when all the English had mist the mark set up to shoot at, an Indian with his owne piece (desiring leave to shoot) onely hit it.
| Kitssuog, | Cormorants. |
Obs: These they take in the night time, where they are asleepe on rocks, off at Sea, and bring in at break of day great store of them:
| Yo aquéchinock, | There they swim. |
| Nipponamouôog, | I lay nets for them. |
Obs: This they doe onshore, and catch many fowle upon the plaines, and feeding under okes upon akrons, as Geese, Turkies, Cranes, and others &c.