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John Lawson Quotes
Page 1 of 1John Lawson
1674 - 1711
Nationality: British
Category: Explorer
Subcategory: British Explorer
|  The Allegator is the same, as the Crocodile, and differs only in Name. | | Many of the French follow a Trade with the Indians, living very conveniently for that Interest. | | The Merchants of Carolina, are fair, frank Traders. | | The Indian Corn, or Maiz, proves the most useful Grain in the World; and had it not been for the Fruitfulness of this Species, it would have proved very difficult to have settled some of the Plantations in America. | | New planted Colonies are generally attended with a Force and Necessity of Planting the known and approved Staple and Product of the Country, as well as all the Provisions their Families spend. | | The Inhabitants of Carolina, thro' the Richness of the Soil, live an easy and pleasant Life. | | Their way of Dancing, is nothing but a sort of stamping Motion, much like the treading upon Founders Bellows. | | The Indians, I was now speaking of, were not content with the common Enemies that lessen and destroy their Country-men, but invented an infallible Stratagem to purge their Tribe, and reduce their Multitude into far less Numbers. |
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