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how the ship was received by the natives, who brought them ‘‘pota- 
toes, mananoes, coconuts, and plantains, selling them to us for old 
nails and old iron. But they being treacherous, we trusted them not; 
for we had always our small arms ready, and great guns loaden with 
round ball and cartridges. Sometimes we would have our deck full 
with these infidels; but we were always in arms, having our swords 
and pistols by our sides, with some Centinels standing abaft before 
them.” Some of the Englishmen having gone fishing with the natives, 
the latter surrounded the boat by a seine, as though to draw it ashore 
together with its crew. The bucaneers in the boats being provided with 
firearms— 
let go in amongst the thickest of them and killed a great many of their number, 
while the others, seeing their mates fall, ran away. Our other men which were on 
shoar meeting them, saluted them also by making Holes in their Hides. We took 
our Boat immediately thereupon, and went on board, most of our well men being 
on shoar, and seeing many of these Infidels’ boats lie along our ship’s side, did not 
know what design they might have on board [against] our sick men; but as it fell 
out, they were Boats which came from the governor, with more presents for our 
refreshment. * * * 
We took four of these infidels Prisoners, and brought them on board, binding 
their hands behind them; but they had not been long there, when three of them 
leaped over board into the sea, swimming away from the ship with their hands tied 
behind them. However, we sent the boat after them, and found a strong man at 
the first Blow could not penetrate their skins with a cutlace: One of them had 
received, in my judgment, 40 shots in his body before he died; and the last of the 
three that was killed, had swam a good English mile first, not only with his Hands 
behind him, as before, but also with his Arms pinion’d. 
The governor gave carte blanche to the pirates to kill as many 
natives as they pleased and even rewarded them with presents of hogs, 
pumpkins, green stuff, ‘* potatoes,” and rice; after which they saluted 
him with three guns and sailed away.“ 
DAMPIER’S VISIT. 
The following year, on May 20, 16386, Captain Swan arrived at Guam, 
accompanied by Dampier,’ who gives in the first volume of his voyages 
an excellent account of the island, its products, the inhabitants, and 
their wonderful canoes, which he ‘did believe to sail the best of any 
Boats in the World.” 
Under the above date he writes as follows: 
At 4a Clock, to our great Joy, we saw the Island Guam, at about 8 leagues dis- 
tance, It was well for Captain Swan that we got sight of it before our Provision was 
spent, of which we had but enough for3 days more; for, as I was afterwards informed, 
the Men had contrived, first to kill Captain Svan and eat him when the Vituals was 
gone, and after him all of us who were accessary in promoting the undertaking this 
Voyage. This made Captain Sivan say to me after our arrival at Guam, Ah! Dampier, 
you would have made them but a poor Meal; for I was as lean as the Captain was lusty 
and fleshy. 
« Cowley’s voyage, in Dampier’s Voyages, vol. 4, 1729. 
b A new Voyage Round the World, by Capt. William Dampier, vol. 1, p. 283, 1717. 
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