An account of several late voyages and discoveries

88 Sir John Narbrough's Yo1age .one h:\d drank, and my Lieutenant had thank!d him for his F.ntertainment, he delired my Gentle. men to fit down, and he difcourfed with them.a ;isk·d from whence they carne, and for what ~\·ay they came into this Sea, 11nd what their Captai!I' Name was, and if there were Wars in 1!1111/.ind My Lieutenant anfa ered him to his dertZanJs My Lieuten:mt a~ked him, if they were in Pezc with thc lndi.ws : He anfwered, that they wer at \Vars w ith chem round about, wafting bis Han· • round th: Harbour, ::1.11J th1t they wcre vali¡n People and vcry b.1rb:1rous, and fought on Horf– back, and did them much fpoiJ; und that twoday before, thc lwdi.ms came out of the Woods an k,ll'd a Capt.ün, as he tlood ~.t his Duty by th íide of the Fort, and cut off bis Head, aml carr:~ ic way, fiicking on their Lance. He fhewed m Lieutenant the place where the [ndia11s carne o. of thc Woods, an<l tbe place w here thc Man \1· kill'J. They feem to be very fcarful of the Ji dúns, for thcy ""iH not íl:ir any way, but the will havc thelr Piccc or their Lance with ~he It is a manifcil lign thcy are much affr<lid of t J11düms: alfo thcy havc no more grqund tluu1 t Fort; ncither do thcy deq.r any of the Woods this fide of the Harbour; nor walk at i Mnfip_ íl1ot difbnce from the Pallifadocs, along t' Woods.íide. The Spa11iart!s fo.y that the l !ul{• have much Gokl, and that the1r Ar~our for che: Breft is fine beaten Gold, &c. 'In the Afternoon a Dinner was brought out the Fort to thc Tent, whcre they wcre, and pl:tce an the Tabl~: The (lr~ (:ourfo was Soppas, th ·· '· OJlec