Sm JOHN HAWKINS a.d. 



1565. 

 souldiers newely come thither, and were not able to 

 by one Negro : whereupon hee asked for a watring 

 place, and they pointed him a place two leagues off, 

 called Santa Fe, where we found marveilous goodly Santa Fe. 

 watering, and commodious for the taking in thereof: 

 for that the fresh water came into the Sea, and so our 

 shippes had aboord the shore twentie fathome water. 

 Neere about this place, inhabited certaine Indians, who 

 the next day after we came thither, came down to us, 

 presenting mill and cakes of breade, which they had 

 made of a kinde of corne called Maiz, in bignesse of 

 a pease, the eare whereof is much like to a teasell, 

 but a spanne in length, having thereon a number of 

 granes. Also they brought down to us Hennes, 

 Potatoes and Pines, which we bought for beades, 

 pewter whistles, glasses, knives, and other trifles. 



These Potatoes be the most delicate rootes that may 

 be eaten, and doe farre exceed our passeneps or carets. 

 Their pines be of the bignes of two fists, the outside 

 whereof is of the making of a pine-apple, but it is 

 soft like the rinde of a Cucomber, and the inside 

 eateth like an apple, but it is more delicious then any [m. 508.] 

 sweet apple sugred. These Indians being of colour The descrlp- 

 tawnie like an Olive, having every one of them both tlonofthe 

 men and women, haire all blacke, and no other colour, {^^^^^^ ?/ 

 the women wearing the same hanging downe to their 

 shoulders, and the men rounded, and without beards, 

 neither men nor women suffering any haire to growe 

 in any part of their body, but dayly pull it off as it 

 groweth. They goe all naked, the men covering no 

 part of their body but their yard, upon the which they 

 weare a gourd or piece of cane, made fast with a 

 thrid about their loynes, leaving the other parts of 

 their members uncovered, whereof they take no shame. 

 The women also are uncovered, saving with a cloth 

 which they weare a hand-breath, wherewith they cover 

 their privities both before and behind. These people 

 be very small feeders, for travelling they cary but two 



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