FRANCIS DE ULLOA a.d. 



1539. 

 on the other side where the Generall stood with his 

 company, another squadron of Indians shewed them- 

 selves, whereupon the Generall and his company made a 

 stirre, and put themselves in battell array : whereupon 

 Francis Preciado was inforced to come downe from them, 

 to joyne with the Generall & his company : and here 

 the Indians which came last began to make signes that 

 we should lay downe something to truck, and that they 

 would give us some of their shels of mother of pearle, 

 which they brought upon certaine small stickes, and here- 

 withall they came very neere unto us, wherewith we 

 were not well content. And Francis Preciado said unto 

 the Captaine, that if it pleased him, hee would cause all 

 the Indians to come together and to stay upon that high 

 hill ; and he answered, that it was best to draw them all 

 together, for by this time our men had taken in all their 

 water, and stayed for the boat : whereupon Francis 

 taking a crowne of beades went toward the valley, 

 through which the water ran toward the Indians, and 

 made signes unto them to call the rest, and to come 

 all together, because hee would goe to the olde place, 

 to lay things on the ground for exchange, as at the 

 first ; and they answered that he should doe so, and 

 that they had called the others, and that they would 

 doe, as he would have them, and so they did, for they 

 caused them to come unto them, which they did, and 

 Francis likewise went alone towards them, in which 

 meane space the Generall commanded his people to get 

 into the boat. Francis comming unto the place beganne 

 to lay downe his marchandise of traffique, and afterwards 

 made signes unto them to stay there, because hee would 

 goe to the ships to bring them other things, and so he 

 returned to the place where the Captaine was, and found 

 them all got into the boates, saving the Generall and 

 three or foure others, and the Generall made as though 

 he had given other trifles to Preciado to carry unto 

 the Indians, and when he was gone a little from him, 

 he called him backe againe, and all this while the 



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