Show americas natives described this description of the natives as they appeared to the english colonists in maryland was written in 1663 they are very proper tall men of person swarthy by nature but much more by y art painting themselves with colours colouos in in oyle like a darke red which they doe to keep the glatts off As for their faces they have other colours colouos at times as blew from the nose upward and red doarn downward somewhat contrariwise in great varietine vari etie and in very eastly manner they have no beards till they come to be very old and therefore draw from each side of their lines to their cares ares e to represent a beard their ap W ell generally is deere and some furre which they wear like loose man tola te 13 and yet under this about their middle all 0 women and men at mans estante esta were aprons of which keeps them decently covered so that without any offense to chast eyes we may converse with them all the rest of their bodies are naked and at times some of the youngest sot soi t of both men and women shave just nothing in to cover them the natural wit of this nation is very quick and will conceive a thin thing very readily they excell in smell emell and taste and have far sharper bight than we if these people were once christians christiana as by some signs we have reason to think nothing hinders s it but want of language it would atwould be a right virtuous and renowned nation |