AD THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1597- 



being the last of March, having the captaine of Marrack 

 with us, wee weyed and stoode into the river, and about 

 two of the clocke in the afternoone came to an anker 

 some eight leagues within the river, a little short of a 

 Ouiparia a towne called Quiparia, the people whereof are Caribes : 

 totvneofthe ^j^^^ when they sawe us come toward their towne with 

 our boate, began all to runne into the woods, untill 

 the captaine of Marrac which was with us in the boate, 

 leaped overboord and swamme on shoare unto them, 

 and told them that wee were Englishmen, and came 

 in friendship to trade with them. 



Upon whose report they came before night sixe or 

 [III. 695.] seven canoas aboord us, yet very fearefull, because 

 there was never either shippe or Christian seene in 

 that river before. The first of Aprill, wee weighed 

 Macirria a againe, and stood in to the next towne called Macirria : 

 towne. where comming to anker, there came a canoa from 



Amano to us, with great store of victuals, which canoa 

 wee bought : and because wee mette with some sholds, 

 we were loath to goe any farther with our Pinnesse : so 

 there wee mored her, and the next day at three of the 

 clocke in the afternoone, eleven of us (Master Monax 

 having the government of the action, by the Captaines 

 appointment) with Mawerirou, Henry, and William of 

 Cawo, in the canoa which we bought, went into the 

 river farther to search it so farre as wee could, and 

 that night gatte some five leagues from our shippe. 

 And betweene two villages, Awodwaier and Mapeributto, 

 we tooke up our lodging in the woods. The third of 

 Aprill, betimes in the morning, we tooke our course 

 still unto the river, and in the afternoone came to one 

 house where wee found many Indians, where wee hired 

 another canoa and foure Indians, into the which I 

 went, and one more of our men, and this night gat 

 twelve leagues farther, and as before, lodged among 

 the wilde beastes. 



On Munday the fourth of Aprill, wee came to the falles 

 of this river about two in the afternoone : and having 



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