these people have not the use of navigation, whereby we may traffic as other nations, that are civilized, use to do, yet do they barter for such commodities as they have, and have a kind of beads
This quote shows that the English settlers, although they still think of the Native Americans as uncivilized, are still attempting to understand the Native Americans culture and way of life. They realize although it is different, the Native American's have a system of trade and transportation.