LAURENCE KEYMIS a.d. 



1596. 

 suspected, and therefore partlie by threatning, partlie by 

 promise of rewarde wee wonne him to confesse the 

 trueth. Which hee did, assuring us that Berreo had 

 not full fiftie five men with him, whereof twentie came 

 lately from Trinidad, twentie from Nuevo Reyno, and 

 the rest hee brought with him about sixe moneths 

 since, when hee fledde from Carapana his Porte, and 

 was driven with his small companie to keepe the afore- 

 saide Island neere Caroli. And that though nowe his 

 number is thus increased yet dareth hee not adventure 

 at any time to leave the fast woodes, and to goe but 

 halfe a league from his holde into the plaines. That 

 some fewe of the Arwaccas are abiding with him. That 

 hee dayly looketh for his sonne from Nuevo Reyno, 

 for his Campemaster from Trinidad, and for horses 

 from the Caraccas. That Topiawarie is dead : the 

 Indians of that coast all fledde, and dispersed, except- 

 ing the Sonne of one Curmatoi, and another woman of 

 account, whome the Spaniardes holde prisoners, for con- 

 senting to the death of their nine men, and the holy 

 Fryer in Morekito his time. This Curmatoi is fledde Topiawarie 

 towardes Guanipa, and is a man of speciall note amongst ^'^^ ^°^^^- 

 the Indians. That Iwiakanarie Gualtero his neere kins- 

 man, hath helde the Countrey to his use, by his fathers 

 appointment, ever since your being in the River. That 

 there are tenne ships, and many Spaniardes at Trinidad. 

 That the Indians our friendes did feare, least you with 

 your company were all slaine, and your shippes sunke 

 at Cumana (for so the Spaniardes noysed it amongst The common 

 them,) that some of Gualtero his friendes with Putijma, ^y" °f^^J 

 were in the mountaines not farre from the hill Aio. i*^^^^^ ^^' 

 And that Berreo had sent for sixe peeces of ordinance, 

 which he meant to plant, where they might best com- 

 mand the River. 



When wee had stayed here two dayes, considering 

 that where no hope was left of doing good, to abide 

 there in harmes way doing nothing, would be bootlesse : 

 I resolved to seeke Putijma in the mountaines : and 



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