AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1596. 



killed two or three, but Berreo fledde towards Caroli, 

 where hee stayed hoping for succour from his sonne 

 Antonie de Ximenes, to come downe the river from 

 Nuevo Reyno de Granada. The Margaritanes with their 

 accomplices busied themselves, some in searching the 

 countrey, others in purveying of victuals out of the 

 rivers that doe lie Eastward, of which number these 

 were, that entred into Moruga with twentie Canoas. 

 Santiago passed up into Topiawaries countrey, and there 

 Francis tooke Francis Sparrowe sir George Gifford his man 



parrow taken pj-jgoner, who with plentie of gold ransomed his life, 

 and is now abiding in Cumana. This done, they all 

 returned to Trinidad, and beganne to builde their towne 

 there, when unhappily to their small comfort the eight 

 and twentie sayles arrived, and tooke Santiago prisoner. 

 The other Actors in this Enterlude vanished, and in 

 Canoas recovered Margarita and Cumana againe. Eigh- 

 teene of the said ships leaving all things in good order, 

 departed from Trinidad to follow their others directions : 

 ten doe yet remaine fortifying at Conquerabia, and 

 expecting our comming. 



This particular relation I had from an Indian, servant ■ 

 to Berreo, that could speake Spanish, whom I tooke ' 

 in the river. He is of the nation of the laos, and 

 from a child bred up with Berreo. I gave him 

 trade to buy him a Canoa to returne into his countrey, 

 and so left him glad, that hee had met with us. 



Now the Indians of Moruga being chased from their 

 dwellings, doe seeke by all meanes possible to accord 

 all the nations in one, so to invade the Arwaccas who 

 were guides to the Spaniards, in shewing their townes, 

 and betraying them. For they are fully perswaded, that 

 by driving these Arwaccas, who serve the Spaniards (for a 

 great part of this nation doth also hate, or not know 

 them) out of their territories, and Trinidad, the Spaniards 

 for want of bread, will bee inforced to seeke habitation 

 farther off, or at the least in time consume and be 

 wasted. j 



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