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them should trade with any Christians for golde, because 



the same would be their owne overthrow, and that for 

 the love of gold the Christians meant to conquer and 

 dispossesse them of all together. 



Many and the most of these I found to be true, but 

 yet I resolving to make triall of all whatsoever happened, 

 directed Captaine George GifFord my vice-admirall to 

 take the Lions whelpe, and captaine Calfield his barke 

 The river of to turne to the Eastward, against the mouth of a river 

 Capuri. called Capuri, whose entrance I had before sent captaine 

 Whiddon, and John Dowglas the master, to discover, 

 who found some nine foot water or better upon the 

 flood, and five at low water, to whom I had given 

 instructions that they should anker at the edge of the 

 shoald, and upon the best of the flood to thrust over, 

 which shoald John Dowglas bwoyed and beckoned for 

 them before : but they laboured in vaine ; for neither 

 could they turne it up altogether so farre to the East, 

 neither did the flood continue so long, but the water 

 fell yer they could have passed the sands ; as wee after 

 found by a second experience : so as now wee must 

 either give over our enterprise, or leaving our ships 

 at adventure foure hundred mile behinde us, must run 

 up in our ships boats, one barge, and two wheries. 

 But being doubtfull how to cary victuals for so long 

 a time in such babies, or any strength of men, especially 

 for that Berreo assured us that his sonne must be by that 

 time come downe with many souldiers, I sent away one 

 King, master of the Lions whelpe, with his shipboat, to 

 trie another branch of a river in the bottome of the bay of 

 Guanipa, which was called Amana, to proove if there were 

 water to be found for either of the small ships to enter. 

 But when he came to the mouth of Amana, he found it as 

 the rest, but stayed not to discover it thorowly, because he 

 was assured by an Indian, his guide, that the Canibals 

 of Guanipa would assaile them with many canoas, and that 

 they shot poisoned arrowes ; so as if he hasted not backe, 

 they should all be lost. 



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