THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Atolaqui 



Xicaian. 



P'lnotespan. 



The towjte of 

 T lac am am a. 



[III. 497.] 



A lake having 

 hard salt 

 growing under 

 the water. 



timber of those sorts which I mentioned before to be 

 about the river of Ometepec, which may easily be cut 

 and carried downe unto Tecuanapa in the time before 

 specified. 



This river hath likewise townes adjoyning to it ; the 

 first at the foote of the mountaines is the town of 

 Atoiaque belonging to the king, & to the heires of 

 Pronetto : their language is Niciecan, the countrey hot, 

 the people politique, & it is from the sea 15. leagues. 

 It hath about 200. Indians. 



One league from this towne, and 14. from the sea 

 is the towne of Xicaian belonging likewise to the king, 

 and to the heires of Pronetto. They are Niciecan people 

 and very comely, and in a hot countrey. It hath by 

 account 300. Indians. There are resident in it the 

 Vicar and Justice; it is from the river a league and a 

 halfe. 



A league from this towne, and 14. from the sea is 

 situate the mansion of Pinotespan subject to Tututepec, 

 which hath with the manors subject unto it 500. 

 Indians. 



Two leagues from the towne, and one from Xicayan, 

 and 13. from Tecuanapa, and 3. from the river is the 

 towne of Tlacamama: the people are very comely and 

 politique. It containeth some 100. Indians, and be- 

 lon^eth to the kinor. 



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More toward the South 5. leagues from the river, and 

 two from this towne, and 14. from the sea is the towne 

 called Pinotespan del Rey : They are handsome people, 

 but of slow speach : this towne conteineth about 100. 

 Indians like unto the former. They be wealthie, because 

 they make great quantitie of salte ; for they have a 

 lake in which salte groweth under the water, (a thing 

 repugnant to nature, that two contraries doe grow 

 and are conserved together) whereout they take it in 

 breaking it with stones upon the ground under the 

 water. 



It hath also the towne of Amusgos, which is in the 



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