FRANCIS DE ULLOA a.d. 



1540. 

 depth of water so neere the shore. Being gone abord 

 our botes, we made toward the shore over against a 

 village of the Indians, who as soone as they saw us ^ village of 

 about to come on land, left an hill whereon they stood ^^^ i^^^^^^- 

 to behold what we did, & came downe to the shore, 

 where we were prepared to come on land : but before 

 they came against us they caused their women and 

 children to fly into the mountaines with their goods, 

 & then came directly towards us, threatning us with 

 certaine great staves which they carried in their handes 

 some 3 yardes long and thicker then a mans wrest : but 

 perceiving that for all this we ceased not to come neere 

 the sea shore to come on land, they began to charge 

 us with stones and to fling cruelly at us, and they hit ^ skirmish of 

 4 or 5 men, among whom they smote the Generall with ^^ ^.^ ^^^^^, 

 two stones. In the meane while the other bote landed ^^^^^^^ 

 a little beneath, whereupon when they saw that they 

 were forced to divide themselves to keepe the rest of 

 our company from comming on land, they began to be 

 discouraged, and did not assaile the Generals boate so 

 fiercely, who began to cause his people to goe on shore 

 with no small trouble ; for albeit he was neere the land, 

 yet as soone as they leapt out of the boat they sunke 

 downe, because they could finde no fast footing ; and 

 thus swimming or otherwise as they could, first a 

 souldier called Spinosa got on land, and next to him 

 the General, and then some of the rest, and began to 

 make head against the Indians, and they came hastily 

 with those staves in their hands, for other kinds of 

 weapons we saw none, saving bowes and arrowes of 

 pine-tree. After a short combate they brake in pieces 

 the targets of the Generall, and of Spinosa. In the 

 meane while those of the other boat were gotten on 

 land, but not without much difficultie, by reason of 

 the multitude of stones which continually rained downe 

 upon them, and they stroke Terazzo on the head a 'v'^f ^^'^f ^^^ 



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very shrowd blow, and had it not bene tor our targets, against arrozc 5 

 many of us had beene wounded, and in great distresse, and stones. 



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