RENE LAUDONNIERE a.d. 



1565. 



leaving their barks in a litle creeke of the river with 



men to guard them, they went to visit Utina, which 



received them very courteously : and when they departed 



from his house, he intreated them so earnestly, that sixe 



of my men remained with him ; of which number there 



was one gentleman, named Groutald, which after he had 



abode there about two moneths, and taken great paines 



to discover the countrey, with another which I had left 



a great while there to that intent, came unto me to the 



fort, and tolde me that he never saw a fairer countrey. 



Among other things, he reported unto me that he had The king of 



scene a place named Hostaqua, and that the king thereof ^ostaqua or 



was so mighty, that he was able to bring three or foure ^l^r'^^ fij.^ 



thousand Savages to the field ; with whom if I would or foure thous- 



joyne and enter into league, we might be able to reduce and lavages to 



all the rest of the inhabitants unto our obedience : besides the field. 



that this king knew the passages unto the mountaine of Themountaine 



Apalatci, which the French men desired so greatly to (^f^P^^^ta. 



atteine unto, and where the enemy of Hostaqua made 



his abode ; which was easie to be subdued, if so be wee 



would enter into league together. This king sent me 



a plate of a minerall that came out of this mountaine, out 



of the foote whereof there runneth a streame of golde or There is a 



copper, as the Savagfes thinke, out of which they dig ^^^f f/^™ 



'- ^ -i 1-1 1 11 J J • r 1 -11 or rich coper tn 



up the sand with an hollow and drie cane or reed untill ^^ mountaine 



the cane be full ; afterward they shake it, and finde that of Apalatci. 



there are many small graines of copper and silver among 



this sand : which giveth them to understand, that some 



rich mine must needs be in the mountaine. And because 



the mountaine was not past five or sixe dayes journey 



from our fort, lying toward the Northwest, I determined 



assoone as our supply should come out of France, to [III. 340.] 



remoove our habitation unto some river more toward 



the North, that I might be nerer thereunto. One of 



my souldiers whose name was Peter Gamby, which had Peter Gamby 



remained a long space before in this countrey to learne J^-^^^^- 



the languages and traffique with the Indians, at the last j-^^ village of 



came to the village of Edelano, where having gotten Edelano. 



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