THE
HISTORY
OF THE
AMERICAN INDIANS;
PARTICULARLY
Thofe NATIONS adjoining to the M I S S I S I P P I, EAST AND
WEST FLORIDA, GEORGIA, SOUTH AND
NORTH CAROLINA, AND VIRGINIA:
CONTAINING
An ACCOUNT of their ORIGIN, LANGUAGE, MANNERS, RELIGIOUS and CIVIL CUSTOMS, LAWS, FORM of GOVERNMENT, PUNISHMENTS, CONDUCT in WAR and DOMESTIC LIFE, their. HABITS, DIET, AGRICULTURE, MANU- FACTURIS, DISEASES and METHOD of CURE, and other Particulars, fuffi- cient to render it
A COMPLETE INDIAN SYSTEM.
WITH
OBSERVATIONS on former HISTORIANS, the Condud of our Colony GOVERNORS, SUPERINTENDENTS, MISSIONARIES, &c.
ALSO AN APPENDIX,
CONTAINING
A Defcription of the FLORIDAS, and the MISSISIPPI LANDS, with their PRODUC TIONS The Benefits of colonifing GEORGIANA, and civilizing the INDIANS And the way to make all the Colonies more valuable to the Mother Country.
With a new MAP of the Country referred to in the Hiflory.
By J A M E S A D A I R, Efquire, A TRADER with the INDIANS, and RefuTeht in their Country for Forty Years.
LONDON:
Printed for EDWARD and CHARLES DILLY, in the Poultry.
MDCCLXXV.