quaintedine with the young lady's propo 

 fal, and his approbation of it, taking me at 

 the fame time into a room where there 

 were feveral chefts and boxes, which he 

 unlocked ; firft (hewing me what a num- 

 ber of fine cloaths his niece had, and 

 then his own wardrobe, which he faid 

 fhould be mine at his death. Amongft 

 other things, he produced a piece of 

 linen, which he faid fhould immedi- 

 ately be made up into fhirts for me. I 



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own this lad article was a great tempta- 

 tion to me ; however, I had the refolution 

 to withftand it, and made the belt excufes 

 I could for not accepting of the honour 

 they intended me ; for by this time I 

 could fpeak Spanifh well enough to make 

 inyfelf underftood. 



Amongft the Indians who had come to 

 meet the governor here, there were fome 

 caciques of thofe Indians who had treated 



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us fo kindly at our firft landing upon 

 Chiloc. One of thefe, a young man, had 



been 



