rA.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1596. 



and tyrannic. And nowe by generall consent (though 

 hatchets and knives bee the onely things of request and 

 useful! unto them) they have agreed by no meanes to 

 trade with the Spaniard for any thing. 



Farther this old man shewed mee, whence most of 

 their golde commeth, which is formed in so many 

 fashions : whence their Spleene-stones, & others of al 

 sorts are to be had in plentie : where golde is to bee 

 gathered in the sandes of their rivers : from what partes 

 the Spaniards, both by trade, & otherwise, have re- 

 turned much gold. This he uttered with Carapana his 

 consent (I doubt not) hoping thereby to induce us to 

 returne againe. For contrarie to their lawe of secrecie, 

 [III. 681.] which in this case they doe all generally observe, 

 sharply punishing the breakers thereof, as enemies 

 unto their native Countrey : I found this man no 

 whit scrupulous, but very free and liberall of speech in 

 all things. 



And because we might knowe, that wee should not 

 want handes or helpe, in this or any other our enter- 

 prises, if perhaps wee should finde cause to passe up to 

 the head of this River : hee declared that the Spaniardes 

 have no Indians to trust unto but some of the Arwaccas, 

 which since they were not many, could bee but of small 

 force : That the Charibes of Guanipa, the Ciawannas 

 amongst the Tivitivas, the Shebaios, laos, Amaipagotos, 

 Cassipagotos, Purpagotos, Samipagotos, Serowos, Etai- 

 guinams, Cassamari, with the rest of the nations farre 

 and neere, were all ready, on what side soever the 

 Spaniards shall stirre, to fight against them : that the 

 Pariagotos, through whose countrey they must first 

 passe, are alone sufficient to encounter them, such is 

 the strength of their countrey, and the valure of the 

 men. The Indians holde opinion, that they are notable 

 sorcerers, and invulnerable. In the mountaines where 

 they dwell, white stones are found of such hardnesse, 

 that by no arte or meanes they can bee pierced ; they 

 imagine that these Pariagotos become invulnerable, by 



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