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upon new meanes to obtaine victuals, aswell for our re- 

 turne into France, as to drive out the time untill our 

 embarking. I was advertised by certaine of our company, 

 which usually went on hunting into the woods and through 

 the villages, that in the village Sarauahi situated on the 

 other side of the river, and two leagues distant from the 

 Forte, and in the village Emoloa there were fields wherein 

 the mill was very forward, and that there was thereof in 

 those partes in great abundance. Wherefore I caused my 

 boates to be made ready, and sent my Sergeant thither 

 with certaine souldiours, which used such diligence, that 

 wee had good store of mill. I sent also to the river 

 which the Savages call Iracana, named by Captaine Ribault 

 the River of Somme, where Captaine Vasseur and my 

 Sergeant arrived with two boates and their ordinary furni- 

 ture, and found there a great assembly of the Lords of 

 the countrey, among whome was Athore the sonne of 

 Satourioua, Apalou, and Tacadocorou, which were there 

 assembled to make merrie : because that in this place are 

 the fairest maids and women of all the countrey. Cap- 

 taine Vasseur in my name gave certaine small trifles to 

 all the Lords, to the Queene, to the maids and women 

 of the villages. Whereupon the boates were foorthwith 

 laden with mill, after they had made our men as good 

 cheere as they could devise. The Queene sent me two 

 small Mats so artificially wrought as it was unpossible 

 to make better. Nowe finding our selves by this meane 

 sufficiently furnished with victuals, we began each of us 

 in his place, to travaile and use such diligence, as the 

 desire to see our native countrey might moove us. But 

 because two of our Carpenters were slaine by the Indians 

 (as heretofore I mentioned) John de Hais, master Car- 

 penter, a man very worthy of his vocation, repaired unto 

 me, and tolde me that by reason of want of men hee 

 was not able to make me up the ship against the time 

 that he had promised me : which speech caused such 

 a mutinie among the souldiers that very hardly he 

 escaped killing : howbeit I appeased them aswell as I 



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A.D. 

 1565. 



The village 

 Sarauahi. 



The village 

 Emoloa. 



The river of 

 Iracana called 

 by Ribault ye 

 river of 

 Somme. 



Courtesie and 

 liber alitie the 

 best meanes to 

 deale with the 

 savages. 

 Mostartificiall 

 mattes. 



