A.D. 



1540. 



He carried 1 

 interpreter 

 with him. 



A very 

 course taken 

 to appease 

 unknowen 

 lavages. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



while on that side. I seeing them in such a rage, 

 caused our boates to lanch from the shore into the 

 middes of the river, that the Indians might be out of 

 feare, and I rode at anker, and set my people in as good 

 order as I could, charging them that no man should 

 speake, nor make any signe nor motion, nor stirre out 

 of his place, nor should not be offended for any thing 

 that the Indians did, nor should shewe no token of 

 warre : And by this meanes the Indians came every 

 foote neere the rivers side to see us : and I gate by 

 little and little toward them where the river seemed to 

 be deepest. In this meane space there were above two 

 hundred and fiftie Indians assembled together with 

 bowes and arrowes, and with certaine banners in warre- 

 like sort in such maner as those of New Spayne doe 

 use : and perceiving that I drewe toward the shore, 

 they came with great cryes toward us with bowes and 

 arrowes put into them, and with their banners displayed. 

 And I went unto the stemme of my boate with the 

 interpreter which I carried with me, whom I com- 

 manded to speake unto them, and when he spake, 

 they neither understood him, nor he them, although 

 because they sawe him to be after their fashion, they 

 stayed themselves: and seeing this I drewe neerer the 

 shore, and they with great cryes came to keepe mee 

 from the shore of the river, making signes that I should 

 not come any farther, putting stakes in my way betweene 

 the water and the land : and the more I lingered, the 

 more people still flocked together. Which when I had 

 considered I beganne to make them signes of peace, and 

 taking my sword and target, I cast them downe in the 

 boate and set my feete upon them, giving them to under- 

 stand with this and other tokens that I desired not to 

 have warre with them, and that they should doe the like. 

 Also I tooke a banner and cast it downe, and I caused 

 my company that were with mee to sit downe likewise, 

 and taking the wares of exchange which I carried with 

 mee, I called them to give them some of them : yet for 



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