FRANCIS DE ULLOA a.d. 



souldier called Graviello Marques in the legge, of which 

 he felt great paine and went halting. In the meane space 

 Francis Preciado, and certaine other souldiers came up 

 and joyned himselfe with the rest on the left hand of the 

 Captaine, saying unto him, Sir, withdrawe your selfe, for 

 you be wounded, but be you not dismayed, for they are 

 but Indians and cannot hurt us. In this wise we beganne 

 to rush in among them upon the side of a rocke alwayes 

 gayning ground of them, which greatly incouraged our 

 mindes, and when we beganne to inforce them to retire, 

 we wanne a small wooddy hill, where we sheltered our 

 selves, whereas before they shot upon us from aloft, for 

 they were on the higher ground under covert in safetie, 

 & then by no meanes we could offend them, but by 

 running forcibly upon them with our targets on our 

 amies, and our swords in our hands. On the other side, 

 to approch and seeke to overtake them was a vaine 

 thing, seeing they were as swift as wilde goates. By 

 this time Haro was gotten up on foot, and having clapt 

 a woollen cloth upon his head, which had bled extremely, 

 he joyned himselfe unto us, of whom we received no 

 small aide. In the meane space the Indians fortified them- 

 selves on the cragge of a rocke, from whence they did 

 not a little molest us, & we likewise fortified our selves 

 upon an hillocke, whereby we descended into their Fort, 

 and there was a small valley betweene them & us, which 

 was not very deepe from the upper part. There we were 

 6 souldiers & two Negroes with the Captaine, & all of 

 us were of opinion that it was not good to passe that 

 place, least ye Indians being many might destroy us all, 

 for the rest of our souldiers which were beneath at the 

 foote of the hill, making head against the other squadron 

 of the Indians, kept them from hurting those which tooke 

 in water on the strand and from breaking the buts of 

 water, and being but few, we concluded to stay here, and 

 so we stood still fortifying our selves as well as we could, 

 especially considering that we had no succour on any 

 side ; for Berecillo our Mastive-dogge which should have 



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