AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1597- 



On Saturday by noone wee came to anker under one 



The 7 Iknds. of the 7 Islands : upon which going on shoare wee 

 found neither man nor beast, but great store of yellow 

 plumbes which are good to eate. 



Upon Sunday after dinner our Master William 



Dowle and 6 more went off with our boat to a towne 



Aramatto a called Aramatto ; where they found many inhabitants, 



great towne. ^^^^ brought victuals and some Tabacco with them, and 



one Indian named Caprima, who lying aboord all night, 



the next day being Munday the 14 of March went with 



TheCaribesof our Captaine into Wias, and there traded with the 



Wiastractable Caribes for such things as they had. And afterward 



peope. ^^^ of Aramatto came off with their canoas to us, and 



wee went on shoare to them : and from thence our 



Captaine sent a canoa with seven men, which had 



every one of them a knife to goe backe to the river 



of Cawo, and to tell Ritimo captaine of that place, 



that because wee coulde not come to him, wee would 



Chianaa stay at Chiana for him, whither wee intreated him to 



rwerandbay. ^^^^ ^-q ^s. So upon Thursday the 17 wee stoode in 



for Chiana, and came to an anker without in the bay 



in 3 fathoms that night : and had the Caribes comming 



continually to us with their canoas, which brought us 



great store of victuals and some Tabacco, shewing 



themselves very kinde and loving, and came all from 



their townes, and dwelt on shoare by us untill Ritimo 



came : at whose comming they returned all up to their 



townes againe, which was upon the Sunday following. 



All this day we feasted him and his traine, and the 



next day we traffiqued with them for such things as 



they brought, which was principally tabacco. 



After that they had made knowen their mindes of 

 the desire that they had to have the English come and 

 kill the Spaniards, and to dwell in Orenoque and in 

 the countrey, they departed with their 3 canoas the next 

 day. And wee with the helpe of the Caribes of Chiana, 

 having by their meanes from the shoare watered, 

 because the rivers mouth was sake, departed out of 



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