FERNANDO ALARCHON a.d. 



1540. 

 is to cal to mind how this Negro which went with frier The Negro 

 Marco was wont to weare bels, & feathers on his armes that went with 

 & legs, & that he caried plates of divers colours, and cie]<ji:caslaine 

 that it was not much above a yeere agoe since he came 

 into those parts. I demanded upon what occasion he 

 was killed ; and he answered me. That the lord of Cevola 

 inquired of him whether he had other brethren : he 

 answered that he had an infinite number, and that they 

 had great store of weapons with them, and that they 

 were not very farre from thence. Which when he had 

 heard, many of the chiefe men consulted together, and 

 resolved to kil him, that he might not give newes unto The cause 

 these his brethren, where they dwelt, & that for this 'therefore ^te- 

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cause they slew him, and cut him into many pieces, ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ 



which were divided among all those chiefe lords, that sla'me. 

 they might know assuredly that he was dead ; and also 

 that he had a dogge like mine, which he likewise killed 

 a great while after. I asked him whether they of Cevola 

 had any enemies, and he said they had. And he reckoned They of 

 unto me 14. or 15. lords which had warre with them: ^^^°^^ have 

 and that they had mantles, and bowes like those above jofj^f/eir 

 mentioned : howbeit he told me that I should find going enemies. 

 up the river a people that had no warre neither with 

 their neighbors, nor with any other. He told me that 

 they had 3. or 4. sorts of trees bearing most excellent 

 fruite to eate : and that in a certaine lake dwelt an olde Anolde woman 

 woman, which was much honoured and worshipped of ^^^l^d. Guatu- 

 them : and that shee remayned in a litle house which ^'''ff^^^^^ 

 was there, and that she never did eate any thing : and shipped. 

 that there they made things which did sound, and that [III. 435.] 

 many mantles, feathers and Maiz were given unto her. ^nmiod'Es- 

 I asked what her name was, and he tolde me that she ^Smfhf^^tat 

 was called Guatuzaca, and that thereabout were many /^^^_ 

 lords which in their life & death, used the like orders 

 which they of Cevola did, which had their dwelling in 

 the summer with painted mantles, and in the winter 

 dwelt in houses of wood of 2. or 3. lofts hie : and that 

 he had scene all these things, saving the old woman. 

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