RENE LAUDONNIERE a.d. 



1564- 

 with two of his sonnes, as faire and mightie persons as 

 might be found in al the world, which had nothing in 

 their mouthes but this word, Amy, Amy : that is to 

 say, friend, friend : yea, and knowing those which were 

 there in the first voyage, they went principally to them 

 to use this speech unto them. There was in their 

 trayne a great number of men and women, which stil 

 made very much of us, and by evident signes made us 

 understand how glad they were of our arrivall. This 

 good entertainment past, the Paracoussy prayed me to 

 goe see the pillar which we had erected in the voyage of 

 John Ribault (as we have declared heretofore) as a thing 

 which they made great account of. 



Having yeelded unto him and being come to the place The pillar set 

 where it was set up, wee found the same crowned with ^'{•^^''^1'^ -^ 

 crownes of Bay, and at the foote thereof many little crowned with 

 baskets full of Mill which they call in their language garlands of 

 Tapaga Tapola. Then when they came thither they Laurell and 

 kissed the same with great reverence and besought us ^^'^'i^'o^^^dwith 

 to do the like, which we would not denie them, to the ^^Hof^ol^g 

 ende we might drawe them to be more in friendship tvorshipped'by 

 with us. This done, the Paracoussy tooke me by the the Savages. 

 hand, as if he had desire to make me understand some 

 great secret, & by signes shewed me very well up within 

 the river the limits of his dominion, and said that he was 

 called Paracoussy Satourioua, which is as much as King Paracoussy 

 Satourioua. His children have the selfe same title of ^(^towioua. 

 Paracoussy : The eldest is named Athore, a man, I dare 

 say, perfect in beautie, wisedome, and honest sobrietie, 

 shewing by his modest gravitie that he deserveth the 

 name which he beareth, besids that he is gentle and 

 tractable. After we had sojourned a certaine space with 

 them, the Paracoussy prayed one of his sonnes to pre- 

 sent unto me a wedge of silver, which hee did & that A wedge oj 

 with a good wil : in recompence whereof I gave him a ^^^^^^'' 

 cutting hooke and some other better present : wherewith 

 he seemed to be very well pleased. Afterward we tooke 

 our leave of them, because the night approched, & then 



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