THE DISCOVERY OF GUIANA ad. 



1595. 

 almost dead of famine, and wasted with torments: these [III. 633.] 

 are called in their owne language Acarewana, and now 

 of late since English, French and Spanish are come 

 among them, they call themselves Capitaines, because 

 they perceive that the chiefest of every ship is called 

 by that name. Those five Capitaines in the chaine were 

 called Wannawanare, Carroaori, Maquarima, Tarroo- 

 panama, and Aterima. So as both to be revenged of 

 the former wrong, as also considering that to enter 

 Guiana by small boats, to depart 400. or 500. miles from 

 my ships, and to leave a garison in my backe interrested 

 in the same enterprize, who also dayly expected sup- 

 plies out of Spaine, I should have savoured very much 

 of the asse : and therefore taking a time of most advan- 

 tage I set upon the Corps du guard in the evening, 

 and having put them to the sword, sent Captaine Cal- 

 field onwards with 60. souldiers, and my selfe followed 

 with 40. more and so tooke their new City which 

 they called S. Joseph by breake of day : they abode T'he Citie of 

 not any fight after a fewe shot, and all being dismissed f /^"^^-^j 

 but onely Berreo and his companion, I brought them ^Berreo taken 

 with me abord, and at the instance of the Indians, I pr. 

 set their new citie of S. Joseph on fire. 



The same day arrived Captaine George Gifford with 

 your Lordships ship, and Captaine Keymis whom I 

 lost on the coast of Spaine, with the Galego, and in them 

 divers gentlemen and others, which to our little armie 

 was a great comfort and supply. 



We then hasted away towards our purposed dis- 

 covery, and first I called all the Captaines of the yland 

 together that were enemies to the Spaniards ; for there 

 were some which Berreo had brought out of other 

 countreys, and planted there to eate out and wast those 

 that were naturall of the place, and by my Indian inter- 

 preter, which I caried out of England, I made them 

 understand that I was the servant of a Queene, who 

 was the great Casique of the North, and a virgine, and 

 had more Casiqui under her then there were trees in 

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