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in one grave, and the negroes in another. Of the negroes, one 

 belonged to the King, two to ourselves, and one to the boatswain. 

 It was a thing to hear their shouting, and the noise that the Indians 

 made with their drums. It appeared to be a general assembling 

 day with them, because more than 40,000 Indians^ had gathered 

 together for this purpose. When our people had buried the dead, 

 they embarked in the ships, being in great grief with what had 

 occurred. 



" As I understand, the cause of the Indians coming to attack us 

 was this. The cacique came off to the ' Capitana ' to entreat that 

 our people would give him back a boy belonging to his tribe, whom 

 they had taken. He offered a hog for him ; but they would not 

 give him up. On the following day, the cacique brought a hog oiF 

 to the ship, and said that, if they gave him the boy who was a 

 kinsman of his, he would give them the hog. But they would not 

 give him up, and took the hog by force. When the cacique saw 

 how he had been treated, he went away and did not return to the 

 ships again. In a few days, the disaster happened. 



" On the day after this unfortunate event, the General ordered 

 Pedro Sarmiento to land with as many men as he could muster to 

 inflict punishment. He burned many towns, and killed more than 

 20 Indians. Then he returned to give account of what he had done. 

 Each day that they landed they endeavoured to punish them the 

 more. On a subsequent occasion, because no more Indians were 

 seen whom they could punish, the General ordered Pedro Sarmiento 

 to proceed to a point that lay to the south-east a league and a half 

 from the ships. For he considered that all the Indians had been 

 concerned in the treachery and in the death of the Christians. 

 Having embarked 50 soldiers in two boats, Pedro Sarmiento went 

 there, but he found no Indians as they had fled to the hills. After 

 he had burned all the buildings and habitations that he could And, 

 he turned back on his way to the ships. Some Indians, who came 

 out from a point, followed him slowly ; and our people lay in 

 ambush and killed three or four Indians, the rest escaping in flight. 

 They then returned to the boats, and embarking came back to the 

 ships. An Indian, whom we took, informed us of those who were 

 concerned in the death of our men. He said that the leader was a 

 taurique, named Nobolo, who lived on the bank of the river that lay 

 a league to the east of the Rio Gallego ; and that with him there 



1 This is either an exaggerated statement, or it is an error in transcribing. 



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