This page has already been transcribed. You can find new pages to transcribe here.

Transcription

[Page 213]

Streights of La Maire

Janry 1769

of we arrived at it in about an hour walking through a path which I suppose was their common road tho it was sometimes up to our knees in mud the town itself was situate upon a dry Knowl among the trees which were not at all cleard away it consisted of not more than twelve or fourteen huts or wigwams of the most unartificial construction imaginable indeed no thing bearing the name of a hut could possibly be built with less trouble they consisted of a few poles set up right & meeting together at the top in a conical figure these were coverd on the weather side with a few boughs & a little grass on the lee side about one eighth part of the circle was left open & against this opening was a fire made their furniture I may justly say they had none a little very little dry grass laid round the edges of the circle furnishd both beds & chairs & for dressing their shell Fish (the only provision I saw them make use of) they had no one contrivance but broiling them upon the Coals for drinking indeed I saw in a corner of one of their hutts

Current Status: 
Completed