Lawrence and the Atlantic is laid down.
So also in the map of Ruscelli, 1561, and that of Mactines, 1578, as
well as in that of Michael Lok, 1582. In Munster's map, 1545, the St.
Lawrence is rudely indicated, with the words, "Per hoc fretfl iter ad
Molucas."
[FN#25] The "black drink" was, till a recent period, in use among the
Creeks. It is a strong decoctiun of the plant popularly called eassina,
or nupon tea. Major Swan, deputy agent for the Creeks in 1791, thus
describes their belief in its properties: "that it purifies them from
all sin, and leaves them in a state of perfect innocence; that it
inspires them with an invincible prowess in war; and that it is the only
solid cement of friendship, benevolence, and hospitality." Swan's
account of their mode of drinking and ejecting it corresponds perfectly
with Le Moyne's picture in De Bry. See the United States government
publication, History, Condition, and Prospects of Indian Tribes, V. 266.
[FN#27] The earliest maps and narratives indicate a city, also called
Norembega, on the banks of the Penobseot. The pilot, Jean Alphonse, of
Saintonge, says that this fabulous city is fifteen or twenty leagues
from the sea, and that its inhabitants are of small stature and dark
complexion. As late as 1607 the fable was repeated in the Histoire
Unicerselle des Indes Occidentales.
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