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and even here the Spaniards were not able to miilntain 

 their ground againft the frequent incuriions of the In- 

 dians ; fo that finding the abfoluie neceffity of a 

 li:ronger fettlcment, they biiih the city of Santiago de 

 Veraguas on the fpot where it now ilands. 



Besidf-s this city the province contains two others, 

 and ievera! villages. 



The city ot Santiago al Angel was founded in 1521 

 by Benedi¿t Hurtaiio, governor of Panama: it has 

 been twice deflroyed and rebuilt : the inhabitants 

 partly Spaniards, partly Mulattos. 



The city of Nuefira Señora de los Remedios de 

 Pueblo-Nuevo; the inhabitants the fame as thofe of 

 the former. 



1 . The villages in this province are San Francifco 

 de la Montana, inhabited by Indians ufing bows and 

 arrows. 



2. San Miguel de la Haya, inhabited by different 

 forts of people. 



3. San Marcelo de Leonmefa de Tabarana, inhabited 

 by Indians. 



4. San Raphael de Guaymi, by Indians, 



5. San Philipe del Guaymi, by Indians. 



6. San Martin de los Caftos, by Indians, 



7. San Auguflin de Ulate, by Indians. 



8. San Jofeph de Bugava, by Indians. 



9. and 10. La Piedad, and San Miguel, by Indians. 



1 1. San Pedro, and San Pablo delos Platanares, by 

 Indians. 



12. San Pedro Nolofco, by Indians. 



13. San Carlos, by Indians. 



Third Province of Terra Firma, 



The third province of Terra Firma is that of Da- 

 rien, where the greater part of the inhabitants are wan- 

 dering Indians, living without any religion, and in 

 the moft ihocking barbarifra, which was indeed the 



motive 



