"The people here are very artful and deceitful, and they will cheat you in every way possible."

"The people of this country are very cunning and sly, and they will try to deceive you in every transaction."

"They have a custom of burning their dead, and when a man dies they burn him with great ceremony."

"They have a kind of black stone, which they dig out of the mountains, and it burns like wood, and it gives a great heat."

"The men are very warlike and are all horsemen. They have no cities or towns, but live in tents."