A.D. 

 1565. 



The greatest 

 victory among 

 the Floridians. 



The situation 

 ofCalos, 



Cannaveral 

 in 28 degrees. 



The Flor- 

 idians great 

 traitouis and 

 dissemblers. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



was discomfited, the betrothed yoong spouse taken, and 

 all the damosels that accompanied her ; which they caried 

 unto their Isle ; which thing in all the Indians countrey 

 they esteeme to be the greatest victory : for afterward 

 they marry these virgins, and love them above all 

 measure. The Spanyard that made this relation, tolde 

 mee that after this defeat he went to dwell with Oathca- 

 qua, and had bene with him full eight yeeres, even untill 

 the time that he was sent unto me. The place of Calos 

 is situate upon a river which is beyond the Cape of 

 Florida, forty or fifty leagues towards the Southwest : and 

 the dwelling of Oathcaqua is on this side the Cape to- 

 ward the North, in a place which we call in the Chart 

 Cannaveral, which is in 28 degrees. 



About the five and twentieth of January Paracoussy 

 Satourioua my neighbour sent me certaine presents by 

 two of his subjects, to perswade me to joyne with him, 

 and to make warre upon Ouae Utina which was my 

 friend : and further besought me to retire certaine of 

 my men which were with Utina ; for whom if it had 

 not bene, he had often times set upon him, and defeited 

 him. He besought me heerein by divers other kings 

 his allies, which for three weekes or a moneths space 

 sent messengers unto mee to this end and purpose : but 

 I would not grant unto them that they should make 

 warre upon him ; yea rather contrariwise I endevoured 

 to make them friends ; wherein they condescended unto 

 me, so farre foorth that they were content to allow of 

 any thing that I would set downe : whereupon the two 

 Spanyards which of long time knew well the nature of 

 the Indians, warned me that in any case I should not 

 trust unto them, because that when they shewed good 

 countenance and the best cheere unto men, then was the 

 time that they would surprise and betray them ; and 

 that of their nature they were the greatest traitours and 

 most deepe dissemblers of the world. Besides I never 

 trusted them but upon good ground, as one that had 

 discovered a thousand of their crafts and subtilties, aswell 



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