AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1564. 



stone in his Countrey, wherewith they headed their 

 arrowes, and could not get it in any neerer place. 



Besides all this, MoUoua recited to Captaine Vasseur, 



that the kings allies the vassals of the great Olata, 



armed their brests, armes, thighes, legs & foreheads with 



Large plates large plates of gold and silver : and that by this meanes 



of gold and ^^ arrowes that were discharofed upon them could do 



silvev. /» or 



them no maner of hurt at all, but rather were broken 



against them. Hereupon Captaine Vasseur inquired 



whether the Kings Onetheaqua and Houstaqua were 



like unto us. For by the description that they made 



of them, he began to doubt whether they were 



Spaniards or no : but Molloua tolde him that they 



were not, but that they were Indians like the rest, saving 



^ome paint ^h^t they painted their faces with blacke, and that the 



^withblacke ^^^^ ^^ Molloua, painted them with red. Then my 



and some with Lieutenant Vasseur, and my Sergeant promised him, 



red. that one day I should march with my forces into those 



Countreys, and that joyning my selfe with his Lord 



Olata, I would subdue the inhabitants of the highest of 



those mountaines. Hee was very glad of this speach, 



and answered that the least of these Kings which hee 



had named, should present unto the Generall of these 



succours the height of two foot of gold and silver, 



which by force of armes they had already gotten of those 



two Kings, Onatheaqua, and Houstaqua. 



The good cheere being done, and the discourses ended, 

 my men imbarked themselves againe, with intention to 

 bring mee those p^ood newes unto the Fort Caroline. 

 But after they had sayled a very long while downe the 

 River, and were come within three leagues of us, the 

 tyde was so strong against them, that they were con- 

 strained to goe on lande, and to retire themselves 

 because of the night, unto the dwelling of a certaine 

 Paracoussy named Molona, which shewed himselfe very 

 glad of their arrivall : for hee desired to know some 

 newes of Thimogoa, and thought that the French men 

 went thither for none other occasion but for to invade 



