FERNANDO ALAKCHON a.d. 



1540. 



hee gave us to go up the river : for the Indians were 

 so many, that if they had gone about to let our passage, 

 although we had bene many more then wee were, they 

 might have done it. 



Chap. 3. 



One of the Indians understanding the language of the 

 interpreter, asketh many questions of the originall 

 of the Spaniards, he telleth him that their Captaine 

 is the child of the Sunne, and that he was sent of 

 the Sunne unto them, and they would have received 

 him for their king. They take this Indian into 

 their boat, and of him they have many informations 

 of that countrey. 



IN this maner we sailed until Tuesday at night, 

 going as we were wont, causing mine interpreter 

 to speak unto the people to see if peradventure any 

 of them could understand him, I perceived that one [III. 429.] 

 answered him, whereupon I caused the boates to be 

 stayed, and called him, which hee understoode, charging 

 mine interpreter that hee should not speake nor answere 

 him any thing else, but onely that which I said unto J wise devise. 

 him : and I saw as I stood still that that Indian began 

 to speake to the people with great furie : whereupon all 

 of them beganne to drawe together, and mine interpreter 

 understood, that he which came to the boate sayd unto 

 them, that he desired to knowe what nation we were, 

 and whence wee came, and whither we came out of 

 the water, or out of the earth, or from heaven : And 

 at this speech an infinite number of people came together, 

 which marvailed to see mee speake : and this Indian 

 turned on this side and on that side to speake unto 

 them in another language which mine interpreter under- 

 stood not. Whereas he asked me what we were, I 

 answered that we were Christians, and that we came from 

 farre to see them : and answering to the question, who 

 had sent me, I said, I was sent by the Sunne, pointing 

 unto him by signes as at the first, because they should 

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