A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1565. 



scene, but hid and kept himselfe secret in a little house 

 apart, where certaine chosen men of mine went to see 

 him shewing themselves agreeved with him for the long 

 delayes of his subjects : whereunto he answered, that 

 his subjects were so much incensed against us, that by 

 no meanes possible he was able to keepe them in such 

 obedience as he willingly would have done, and that 

 he could not hold them from waging of warre against 

 Monsieur de Ottigny. That he also called to minde, 

 that even while he was prisoner, at what time our men 

 ledde him into his Country to obtaine some victuals, 

 J certaine he saw along the high wayes arrowes stucke up, at the 

 signeofivarre. gj-^jgg whereof long haires were fastened, which was a 

 certaine signe of open warre proclaimed, which arrowes 

 the Captaine also carried with him to the fort. He said 

 further that in respect of the good will he bare to the 

 Captaine, he forewarned his Lieutenant that his subjects 

 were determined to cut downe the trees, and cause them 

 to fall a thwart the little river where the boates were, to 

 keepe them from departing thence, that they might fight 

 with them at their ease, and that if it thus fell out, he 

 assured him for his part he would not be there to 

 meddle in the matter. And that which much more 

 augmented the suspition of warre was, that as my 

 messengers departed from Utina, they heard the voyce 

 of one of my men, which during the voyage had al- 

 wayes beene among the Indians, and whom as yet they 

 would never render, untill they had gotten their pledges 

 home. This poore fellow cryed out a maine because 

 two Indians would have carried him into the woods 

 to have cut his throat : whereupon he was succoured 

 and delivered. These admonitions being well under- 

 stoode, after ripe deliberation thereof Monsieur de 

 Ottigny resolved to retire himselfe the seven and twen- 

 tieth of July. Wherefore he set his souldiers in order, 

 and delivered to ech of them a sacke full of mill : and 

 afterward hee marched toward his barkes, thinking to 

 prevent the enterprise of the savages. There is at the 



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