Í38 A VOYAGE TO Book IIL 



motive of their revolt. In 1716 there was here a con- 

 iiderable number of villages. Rancherías, and Dodtri- 

 nas *, vvhofe inhabitants had fworn allegiance to the 

 king of Spain, and therefore under the governors of 

 Panama ; though, at prefent, very few'are remaining. 

 Thofe remaining in the above-mentioned year, were, 



1. The village and ftaple for the mines of 'Santa 

 Cruz de Cana, a very coniiderable fettlement of Spa- 

 niards and Indians. 



2. The village de la Conception de Sábalo, inhabited 

 like the preceding, but'lcfs populous. 



3. The village of San Miguel dc Tayequa ; in- 

 habitants the fame. 



4. The village of San Domincro deBalfas, inhabit- 

 ants hke the others, being Spaniards and Indians. 



5. Spanifh village, in the territory of Santa Marica. 



6. The Doclrina San Geroiiymo de Yabira, a v/ord 

 in the Indian language iignifying Doncel, i.e. a virgin; 

 and for this reafon the river near it is called Rio Don- 

 cel, or Virgin river. 



7. San Enrique de Capeti, or the fleepy. 



8. Santa Cruz de Pucro. In the Indian language 

 Purro figniiies a fort of light Wood, which, at Guaya- 

 quil, is railed Balfa. 



9. The Dodlrina de San Juan de Tacaracuna, and 

 Matarnati ; the names of two of the mountains of the 

 Andes, ronfiguous to the community. 



iQ. The Indian viiiageof San JoicphdeZete Gaati, 

 is not a Doctrina. Zcte-Gaati is the name of a kind 

 of willow íírowiníT in the neijihbourhood. 



Rancherías and Hamlets in the fouthern Parts, 



The hamlot of Nueftra Señora del Rofario de Rio 

 Congo. 



* A name, given by the Jf fiiits, to Indian communities, which 

 they have gatíie/ed logeiher and civilized. 



Other 



