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having arrived where the place was prepared, it was done in such a 

 way that the other Indian, who was called Isopete, should not see it, 

 so as to give him the satisfaction lie had asked. Some satisfaction 

 was experienced here on seeing the good appearance of the earth, and 

 it is certainly such among the cows, and from thereon. The general 

 wrote a letter here to the governor of Harahey and Quibira, having 

 understood that he was a Christian from the lost army of Florida, 

 because what the Indian had said of their manner of government 

 and their general character had made us believe this. So the Indians 

 went to their houses, which were at the distance mentioned, and we 

 also proceeded at our rate of marching until we reached the settle- 

 ments, which we found along good river bottoms, although without 

 much water, and good streams which flow into another, larger than 

 the one I have mentioned. There were, if I recall correctly, six or 

 seven settlements, at quite a distance from one another, among which 

 we traveled for four or five days, since it was understood to be unin- 

 habited between one stream and the other. We reached what they said 

 was the end of Quibira, to which they took us, saying that the things 

 there were of great importance. 1 Here there was a river, with more 

 water and more inhabitants than the others. Being asked if there 

 was anything beyond, they said that there was nothing more of Quibira, 

 but that there was Harahey, and that it was the same sort of a place, 

 with settlements like these, and of about the same size. The general 

 sent to summon the lord of those parts and the other Indians who 

 they said resided in Harahey, and he came with about -00 men — all 

 naked — with bows, and some sort of things on their heads, and their 

 privy parts slightly covered. He was a big Indian, with a large body 

 and limbs, and well proportioned. After he had heard the opinion of 

 one and another about it, the general asked them what we ought to do, 

 reminding us of how the army had been left and that the rest of us 

 were there, so that it seemed to all of ns that as it was already almost 

 the opening of winter, for, if I remember rightly, it was after the middle 

 of August, and because there was little to winter there for, and we were 

 but very little prepared for it, and the uncertainty as to the success of 

 the army that had been left, and because the winter might close the 

 roads with snow and rivers which we could not cross, and also in order 

 to see what had happened to the rest of the force left behind, it seemed 

 to us all that his grace ought to go back in search of them, and when he 

 had found out for certain how they were, to winter there and return to 

 that country at the opening of spring, to conquer and cultivate it. Since, 

 as I said, This was the last point which we reached, here the Turk saw 

 that he had lied to us, and one night he called on all these people to 

 attack us and kill us. We learned of it, and put him under guard and 

 strangled him that night so that he never waked up. With the plan 



1 In Buckingham Smith's copyoccurs the phrase, " que deoian alios para sigDificarnoslo Teucarea." 

 This is not in Pacheeo y Cardenas. 



