A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1539- 



Chap. 9. 



After the skirmish the Captaine being wounded, and 

 the rest of the souldiers seeing the Indians depart, 

 returned unto their ships. The next day taking in 

 fresh water at the saide place he sent mariners to 

 sound the mouth of the lake. Departing thence 

 they came to the port called Baya de Sant Abad, 

 and indured a dangerous storme at sea. And after- 

 ward comming neere the shore to take fresh water 

 in the said haven, they see certaine peaceable 

 Indians. 



BY this time it was late and the night approched, 

 and the Indians seeing this, within a short while 

 after determined to get them packing, and ech of them 

 or the greatest part tooke fire-brandes in their hands, & 

 got them away into craggy places. When the Captaine 

 saw this he commanded us to returne aboord our boats, 

 it being now darke night, thanking us all for the good 

 service we had done him. And being not able to stand 

 upon his legge, he leaned with his arme upon Francis 

 Preciado ; and thus we returned to our boats, where with 

 much adoe we got aboord, by reason of the great tide 

 and roughnesse of the sea, so that our boats were filled 

 with every wave. Thus very weary, wet, & some 

 wounded (as is aforesaid) each man returned unto his 

 ship, where our beds which we found, and our refreshing, 

 & the cheere we had at supper did not greatly comfort 

 us in regard of our former travels. We passed that 

 night in this sort, and the next day being Tuesday the 

 Captaine found himself greatly payned with his wounds, 

 & chiefly with that on his leg, because it was greatly 

 swolne with his going upon it. We lacked 12 buts to 

 fill with water, and the barrels in both the ships, and 

 the Captaine would have gone out to cause them to be 

 filled, but we would not suffer him, and therefore we left 

 off the businesse for that day. But he appointed that the 

 crossebowes should be made readie, and two speciall good 



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