The _Pequants_ are a stately Warlike People, just and equal in their dealings; not treacherous either to their Country-men, or _English_, to whom (except in time of War) they were not any ways uncivil. Their next Neighbors the _Narragansets_, are the most numerous People in those Parts, the most rich also, and the most industrious; being the Store-house of all such kind of wild Merchandize as is amongst them. These Men are the most curious Minters of their _Wampompeage_ and _Mowhakes_, which they form out of the inmost Wreaths of Periwinkle-shells. The Northern, Eastern, and Western _Indians_ fetch all their Coyn from these Southern Mint-Masters. From hence they have most of their curious Pendants and Bracelets, from hence they have their great Stone Pipes, which will hold a quarter of an Ounce of Tobacco, which they make with Steel Drills and other Instruments; such is their Ingenuity and dexterity, that they can imitate the _English_ Mold so accurately, that were it not for matter and colour, it were hard to distinguish them; they make them of green, and sometimes of black Stone; they are much desir’d of our _English_ Tobacconists, for their rarity, strength, handsomness, and coolness. Hence likewise our _Indians_ had their Pots, wherein they us’d to seeth their Victuals before they knew the use of Brass. Since the _English_ came, they have employ’d most of their time in catching of Beavers, Otters, and _Musquashes_, which they bring down into the Bay, returning back loaden with _English_ Commodities, of which they make double profit, by selling them to more remote _Indians_, who are ignorant at what cheap rates they obtain them, in comparison of what they make them pay, so making their Neighbors ignorance their enrichment: They were never known to be desirous to take in hand any Martial Enterprize, or expose themselves to the uncertain events of War; wherefore the _Pequants_ call them _Women-like Men_, resting secure under the conceit of their popularity, and seeking rather to grow rich by industry, than famous by deeds of Chivalry. [Sidenote: The nature and complexion of the _Aberginians_.]