4000003871

BotlK

II.

Royal

Commentáries.

wíthin their difcovery : Their ,way was now ·over other Moumains, noc berter

thailil thofé already: .pa!Thd, but worfe, if worfe co'uld be : And íl:ill fanifoe and

Monaility

pr,efi'eti them hard V{ith great difcouragement,

that chey were forced

kili cheir wbríl: Horfes, and with ther Flefh to make Broth for their fick peo–

ple. But what Wás rnoíl: kimentable

fee, was Men dying and periíhing with

mei

weaki;iefs ; for not híiving -fl:rengch ~o walk, they

were

lefc to -chemfelves in

tbe

Mounta-ins '; and not be1ng able to help one che other, every one fhifced for

. himfelf:

Óne day ~hey le:ft

éleven Men alive in this matífner, :and another day thir–

f®tl.J:-

When !!hey wete ~hnoft ftarved, .and were forced to yield to their weaknefs,

fue

uhdet-jaw·fetl in 'thac manner;· that they tould not 'lhµt théir moqchs;

when

drey

Iefc

them, ali chey

faid

}Vas,

God refo, .and remain wit& you

;

a:nd che poor

Wr.~cches wó_u'!G anfwer

'with

an irnperfeél: pronij

nciacion, Go

d go withyou;

noc ha–

Ving

ftrehgth-,to rn0ve their-'ifongues. Ali chefe partiéula.ts, befides che common

rep(i)rt, were refated to me

certain Souldier called "-'··--

de Ftma!v'a ;

heard ic

~t'ed

mote

rhin pnte;~;n~ 'I could not hut weep at tqe facjaefs of che ftoty: And

he·:Btr.therfaid, thar it di'd

1lot

rímch trouble him when he !efe thétn dea<l, but

,abandoñ

Men i:n thac 'cbt'ldition alive,

w-as

more grievous chan cou:•!d be expref–

fed. ,

!tFthis rnanner above eighry

Spaniards

peri(hed, beftdes

!ndians,

ín a far grea

ter

Wt'Iíber.

Moreover, tpey had anothet' difficulty to p;rfs che River

~iximú

·;.

for

the

Timbets which chey -tut for thar purpofe, were

heavy, being fappy and

greeñ,

thkt

th~y would ~oc float, but fink

the

bo(tom

;

nor wei-e chere any

plateswhete

~ inigp

t b'e"'wad~tA over, being

very fwift 'and rapiél ftream, and

mo~h.iñfoft~

wJ.th,

All,iga\ors! wl:ich i:hey tall

Cajmanes,

which_ are a fort of Cro:..

eooil~

ofJabout twenty ~ve ror tchirty Foot long; and

vorac1ous, that .they are'

~ery dangerous

che Watér. · At lengch they made fdme Floars with Boughs

faftned l~ether, and_ thtr~w!f.h

paífe?

,~it?

a.s ~uch d1ffitulty _as we can imagihe:

,happené~, thát bemg

paif§

'One of rhefe Rivers, and

feek

mg che inoíl: com–

modious ~füi~;r~hey ,~fpfü~

great Trees oppofüe ·~o

ea.eh

ocher, ·one

º:1

one

liqe,

cancH~~:echer -ún th'e·éth~fl tide

bft.h~

River, w1th branches extendmg

fo'

w1de,1

tlttNhey

irea:ched-~~IHithér ; it

,vás

t-hought

fit

cút clown óne of thefe..

Mwatds

nhe

tóot,

whiéh ~hey·

á'rn;

and

fo,

díteéted the

fall

ofit on the tree on che

erlrer fide/ 1tfiat it fel! a11~1.re1l:éq 0n the ó~het

borh ~hich t'rees being joyned

co-

gether, iétved for a Bridge:, 'óver which.thé

J'paniards

and

lndians

taking hold on

dre

bougl¡~, paífecl'

thre@ al}d four at aítirne. At length rhere remained onely

fix,perfuns

go,over, which 'were thteé

:spaniards,

and three

lndians,

ich

thé

_Üiptaib himfelf w¡¡s

one,who woúld

bilthe

laft to bring up che rere ;

In-

illñt

Wetéllbrd~ted to go'f0remoíl: to

carty

the Arms> and two other

Spaniards

w1Uó

wtrer;ihtimate Co

meratie

s ofthe&p,táins were

tó

~ear'the Saddles, and paf–

fin~,in:thisr&cler -néár

che.to

¡Vof the íl:jjt'iding cree, that which was cut gave a

.cfr:ick;ré!~::ibróke o( from tlrat párt to~árds -the bonom, which remained un–

·h~\\·ent;~~tl;ie

tw-0 -Sp'dniárUJ,

aad tl,1e tl)ree

,Jndians,

kept their hold faft upon che

büugl:is

.ffui

th€-Capta'ib, who obfeFY€él the danger more than chofe who were

~füte,him,v-g~·Ve a lea~iov~r his'Companib0s

and catéhed

firtn

hold on a bough ·

fühhe:ftandifig

·ttee,

whkh preaking

Wicli

hi~i'Y@ight', -hé

fell

therewith into the ·

:Water,:

\-rHofe'lwhich,f~te -oh =the 'OtHer ·treé were likewife 'Carried down che

fuea111,,witl:i lhim

aót1

lwere never Í€€rl more :' ·But cwO or chr-ee of che·

€li~tam~~óm~rades,/Hmding

,.che' otlier fale' and .obferving. the . danger

which"ihtwGS, fdllow€<Íl'him-on

tifo

Babk,

,an0 reaching

out

to him the end of

cbeil'

I.rantess

·M1

c00k Rol<i

themi,.·an~ cherewich rhey,drew hirn co che íhore ,·

-afiil

fav~d

irntttl¡

rettirning' tliianks to &lmighcy God for chis greac aeliver~nce, And

:n?i>w

tt~velting ,oh' their w~yéfbrw~rd, in, what -plaee

foev@r

tbát

they found any'

:plenty, of

~Hd P:ruit or R9ots,,lar.gef than @l'dinary,

tfu

woiald fray tbere toga–

rli€r

~m'.d m~ke

proviíiion 'é'fith~ml:fótfoot:f.

fñ

fh@ir J©urQey.

And ltavióg,thus wan–

-d~redtabove theJpace -of'Me'Whole(y,eat

iñ

:d:¡e·

Mounrníns, at length one day

Mrhilfl

lihéy·írlélde a

füiy

gá~her ~heir Fruit~, rth'€ <0áplláirn1:f.ógk a fancy to clitnb

•,nte~,JwhiCÍí grew

óf{

th~Jp,i'gf.i~fü~krt if~thi l~otirltá>l.n;

:fee

jf lié

could efpy'

'1ny--plain

end

ó~

thofé _fü:icks,0ijf,,tióp1f}t~

íql~é

d~~mfolv€S

from

that Maze, or

Labyrimh : And being on ·che tbp of ,one

<1>f

'fheth1gMft tteesí whiclí. are in chofe

parts like lofty Towers, he could not diícciiver any plain Countrey, being íl:ill en'-'

vironed on-all fides with mighty Mountail)S; bue looking round about, he obfer–

ved a gr~at flock of.Parrots near him, which witli.their ufual chattering noife took

their flíghc South-Eaft, and at a good diíl:ancc from him, about five or

Íl¼.

League~

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