RENE LAUDONNIERE a.d. 



1564. 



crie Thimogoa, Thimogoa, and spake nothing else but to 

 hasten forward to goe fight with them : which the Cap- 

 taine seemed to be willing to doe, to content them. 

 When they came to boord them, one of the Indians gat 

 holde of an Halbert, another of an Coutelas in such a 

 rage, that hee would have leapt into the water to have 

 fought with them alone. Neverthelesse Ottigni would 

 not let them doe it, for while hee deferred to boord them, 

 he gave the others respite to turne the prowes of their 

 Canoas toward the shoare, and so to escape into the 

 woods. Againe, the meaning of Ottigni was not to make 

 warre upon them of Thimogoa, but rather to make them 

 friendes, and to make them thenceforth to live in peace 

 one with another if it were possible, hoping by this meane 

 to discover dayly some new thing, & especially the 

 certaine course of the River. For this purpose he caused 

 the barke to retire, wherein were the two Indians his 

 guides, and went with his men towarde the Canoas which 

 were on the Rivers side. Being come unto them, he put 

 certaine trifles into them, and then retired a good way 

 from them, which thing caused the Indians which were 

 fled away to returne to their boats, and to understand 

 by this signe, that those of our Barke were none of their 

 enemies, but rather come onely to traffique with them. 

 Wherefore being thus assured of us, they called to our 

 men to come neere unto them : which they did incon- 

 tinently and set foote on lande, and spake freely unto 

 them, with divers ceremonies over long to recount. In 

 the ende Ottigni demaunded of them by signes if they 

 had any Golde or Silver among them. But they tolde 

 him they had none as then : and that if he would send 

 one of his men with them, they would bring him without 

 danger into a place where they might have some. Ottigni 

 seeing them so willing, delivered them one of his men 

 which seemed very resolute, to undertake this voyage : 

 this fellow stayed with them untill tenne of the clocke the 

 next morning, so that Captaine Ottigny somewhat ^^^^ /^^^^^ 

 offended with his long stay, sayled ten great leagues further. 



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