FRANCIS DE ULLOA a.d. 



1540. 



harme, but only were come to take water ; and the frier 

 shewed them a drinking-cup ; but nothing would serve to 

 make them leave that bragging, and flinging of stones : 

 and the General continuing still in a mind not to hurt 

 them, commanded his men gently to come neere unto 

 them, and that by signes they should all shew them, that 

 they meant in no wise to hurt them, but that we were 

 come on land onely to take water. On the other side 

 refusing utterly to take knowledge of these things they 

 still insulted more and more : whereupon Francis Preciado 

 counselled the General to give him leave to kill one of 

 them, because all the rest would flee away, wherby at 

 our ease we might take water : but he replied that he 

 would not have it so, but willed them to looze the two 

 mastives Berecillo and Achillo : wherefore the dogs were 

 let loose, and as soone as they saw them, they vanished 

 immediately, betaking them to their heeles, and running 

 up those clifl'es like goates. Also others which came The great use 

 from the mountains to succour them, betooke them- °J ^^^j^'^'^p^^ 

 selves to flight. The dogs overtooke two of them, and 

 bit them a little, and we running after, laid hold on 

 them, and they seemed as fierce as wild & untamed 

 beasts, for 3 or 4 of us held either of them, to cherish 

 & pacifie them, and to seeke to give them some thing : 

 but we availed not, for they bit us by the hands, and 

 stooped downe to take up stones for to strike us with 

 them. We led them a while in this maner, & came 

 unto their lodgings, where the Generall gave a charge, 

 that no man should touch any thing of theirs, command- 

 ing Francis Preciado to see that this order were observed, 

 in not taking any thing from them, although in very deed 

 there was little or nothing there, because the women and 

 Indians which were fled had caried al away. Here we 

 found an old man in a cave so extreamly aged as it was 

 wonderful, which could neither see nor go, because he 

 was so lame and crooked. The father frier Raimund 

 sayd, it were good (seeing he was so aged) to make him 

 a Christian ; whereupon we christened him. The captaine 



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pursuit of the 

 Indians. 



