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children they take are brought up with them as ye lanesaryes are a mongst ye Turkes. 
this king came to my house upon ye 21th of June as you will heare in ye following dis- 
couerse. 
Now after ye tumult was over they make preparation for to manage ye warr for that 
is ye course of theire liveing to forage robb and spoyle other nations and the king 
commands Gabriell Arther to goe along with a party that went to robb ye Spanyarrd. 
promising him that in ye next spring hee him selfe would carry him home to his master, 
Gabriell must now bee obedient to theire commands, in ye deploreable condition 
hee was in was put in armes, gun, tomahauke, and targett and soe marched a way with 
ye company, beeing about fifty, they travelled eight days west and by south as he 
guest and came to a town of negroes, spatious and great, but all wooden buildings. 
Heare they could not take any thing without being spied. The next day they 
marched along by ye side of a great carte path, and about five or six miles as he j udgeth 
came within sight of the Spanish town, walld about with brick and all brick buildings 
within. There he saw ye steeple where in hung ye bell which Mr. Needham gives 
relation of and harde it ring in ye eveing. heare they dirst not stay but drew of and 
ye next morning layd an ambush in a convenient place neare ye cart path before men- 
tioned and there lay allmost seven dayes to steale for theire sustenance. Ye 7th day a 
Spanniard in a gentille habitt, accoutered with gunn, sword and pistoll. one of ye 
Tomahittans espieing him att a distance crept up to ye path side and shot him to 
death. In his pockett were two pieces of gold and a small gold chain, which ye Toma- 
hittans gave to Gabriell, but hee unfortunately lost it in his venturing as you shall 
heare by ye sequell. Here they hasted to ye negro town where they had ye advantage 
to meett with a lone negro. After him runs one of the Tomahittans with a dart in his 
hand, made with a pice of ye blaide of Needhams sworde, and threw it after ye negro, 
struck him thrugh betwine his shoulders soe hee fell downe dead. They tooke from 
him some toys, which hung in his eares, and bracelets about his neck and soe returned 
as expeditiously as they could to theire owne homes. 
They rested but a short time before another party was commanded out a gaine and 
Gabrielle Arther was commanded out a gaine, and this was to Porte Royall. Here 
hee refused to goe saying those were English men and he would not fight a gainst 
his own nation, he had rather be killd. The King tould him they intended noe hurt 
to ye English men, for he had promised Needham att his first coming to him that 
he would never doe violence a gainst any English more but theire business was to 
cut off a town of Indians which lived neare ye English. I but said Gabriell what if 
any English be att that towne, a trading, ye King sware by ye fire which they adore 
as theire god they would not hurt them soe they marched a way over ye mountains 
and came upon ye head of Portt Royall River in six days. There they made per- 
riaugers of bark and soe past down ye streame with much swiftness, next coming to a 
convenient place of landing they went on shore and marched to ye eastward of ye 
south, one whole day and parte of ye night. At lengeth they brought him to ye 
sight of an English house, and Gabriell with some of the Indians crept up to ye house 
side and lisening what they said, they being talkeing with in ye house, Gabriell 
hard one say, pox take such a master that will not alow a servant a bit of meat to eate 
upon Christmas day, by that meanes Gabriell knew what time of ye yeare it was, soe 
they drew of secretly and hasten to ye Indian town, which was not above six miles 
thence, about breake of day stole upon ye towne. Ye first house Gabriell came 
too there was an English man. Hee hard him say Lord have mercy upon mee. Ga- 
briell said to him runn for thy life. Said hee which way shall I run. Gabriell re- 
ployed, which way thou wilt they will not meddle With thee. Soe hee rann and ye 
Tomahittans opened and let him pas cleare there they got ye English mans snapsack 
with beades, knives and other petty truck, in it. They made a very great slaughter 
upon the Indians and a bout sun riseing they hard many great guns fired off amongst 
