A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1568. 



great river that fell from the Northwest into the maine 

 sea, and presently after, we heard an harquebuze shot off, 

 which did greatly incourage us, for thereby wee knew that 

 we were neere to some Christians, and did therefore hope 

 shortly to finde some succour and comfort, and within the 

 space of one houre after, as we travelled, we heard a cocke 

 crowe, which was also no small joy unto us, and so we 

 The river of came to the North side of the river of Panuco, where the 

 Panuco. Spaniards have certaine Salines, at which place it was that 



the harquebuze was shot off, which before we heard : to 

 which place we went not directly, but missing thereof, we 

 left it about a bow-shot upon our left hand : of this river 

 wee dranke very greedily, for wee had not met with any 

 water in sixe dayes before, and as we were here by the 

 river side resting our selves, and longing to come to the 

 place where the cocke did crowe, and where the harque- 

 buze was shot off, we perceived many Spaniards upon the 

 other side of the river, riding up and downe on horse- 

 backe, and they perceiving us, did suppose that we had 

 beene of the Indians their bordering enemies, the Chichi- 

 meci : the river was not past halfe a bowe shoot over : and 

 presently one of the Spaniards tooke an Indian boate 

 called a Canoa, and so came over, being rowed by two 

 Indians, and having taken the view of us, did presently 

 [III. 476.] rowe over backe againe to the Spaniards, who without 

 any delay made out about the number of twenty horse- 

 men, and imbarking themselves in the Canoas, they led 

 their horses by the reines swimming over after them, and 

 being come over to that side of the river where we were, 

 they sadled their horses, and being mounted upon them 

 with their lances charged, they came very fiercely running 

 at us. Our captaine Anthony Godard seeing them come 

 in that order, did perswade us to submit and yeelde our 

 selves unto them, for being naked, as we at this time 

 were, and without weapon, we could not make any 

 resistance, whose bidding we obeied, and upon the 

 yeelding of our selves, they perceived us to be Christians, 

 and did call for more Canoas, and caried us over by foure 



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