Field notes, v1753
Page 106
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"Jan. 17, '69 50x perhaps 100 yds. I would estimate there were 2-3 hundred people, families dwelling in perhaps 75 tents. The tents were little more than pup-tent size and patched & tattered. The people were in rags, tired looking & thin. There are many refugees in town because of the war. They may have been from the war areas but not all were mangloid types. The place smelled of feces and one had to watch his step to avoid stepping on such. Pits had been dug (as sketched) but evidently were used half heartedly, at one place some well dressed children were climbing in and out of one of these pits. Adults were looking on permitted without protest! Great flocks of bits, crows, and vultures were present. Since it is not uncommon for live- storks to die in town (I've seen a dead cow and much bloated dead pig and several near dead dogs) there is plenty of food and the scavengers perform an important service. Here the birds and cattle looked in far better condition than the people.