Ifland Guadalupe. 



Strange Women in Ma- 

 tanino. 





from the Ground, arc fill'd with a kind of Straw • and in long Hovels fitted 

 for that purpofe they ftore their Sugar, 



Columbus landing here, found all the Cannibals fled ; but their Houfes full df 

 Stone VefTels, Cruifes, Pans, and Pots, boyling with Mens Flefli, Parrots, antl 

 Wild-foul 5 the Hanches and Sides of young Men, on Spits roafting at the 

 Fire, with the Splinters of whofe broken Bones they headed their Arrows* 

 This Ifland by the Inhabitants call'd (/materia, Columbus changed to Guadalupe 

 becaufe the Mountains rife up with their tops not unlike E/lremadura in Spain, 

 famous there for the wonderful Reprcfentation of our Lady, as that of the 

 Lady of Loretto in Italy. Thirty Women which he had taken from the neigh- 

 boring Ifles, he fent with Prefents to the fled Canibals, which the next day re- 

 turning, made a great appearance near the Shore $ but when they had gaz'd a 

 while upon the Spaniards, looking ftedfaftly on one another, they fuddenly ran 

 back again, Iheltring themfelves in the Govert of the Woods. Columbus think- 

 ing it not worth his while to expect their return, feeing their barbarous Life, 

 burnt and deftroy'd all their Boats, and fpoiling whatever he could, fail'd to 

 Matanino. 



The rcleas'd Women in Guadalupe, that came back again, informed the Spani- 

 ards, Th&t Matanino was an Ifle onely inhabited by Women,which at accuftom'd 

 times row'd over to thefe Cannibals, where a while they drove a Trade and 

 Commerce of Love, the Product of which, if Girls, they kept . but the Boys 

 they fent over to their Fathers. They live in Caves, the Mouths and Entrances 

 of which they maintain and ftoutly make good with their Bowe, fhooting 

 Arrows as thick as Hail at the approach of Men, after their impregnating by 

 the Cannibals* 



From hence the Fleet pafs'd by feveral other fruitful Iflands, Columbus giving 

 them the Names of Uontfzratto,%oiondo, St. Martin, Santa Qru^, formerly by the 

 Inhabitants call'd Jyaya. On this laft Ifland he landed thirty Men, who took 

 four Women, which held out their Hands before them, as if Petitioners that 

 k e gg d Quarter, or praying, and then concealed themfelves in Ambufcade, the 

 better to furprize morcj when by chance they fpied'ah Indian Canoo at Sea, 

 Remarkable Pafoge of with eight Men, and as many Women- whereupon thofe in Ambufcade 

 made a Signal to the next Ship, which immediately fent off fome Boats well 

 Mann'd } but before they drew near them, or expected an On-fet, one of the 

 Spaniards was kiird,and another wounded with their Arrows 5 amongft whom 

 a Woman, to whom all the reft fliew'd greateft Refpecl: and Reverence, aim'd 

 very exactly. Their barbed Shafts were poyfon'd . whereupon the Spaniards^ 

 enrag'd, fteram'd the. Qmoo, and overfetting,row'd quite over ; which little or 

 nothing avail'd . for they all fwam, and though feparated, fhot their Arrows 

 at them, as if the Boat had been a But. At laft the Indians got upon a blind 

 Rock, cover'd with Shole Water, which gave them frefli Courage ; but the 

 Spaniards having more aid fent them from the Fleet, took them all Prifoners \ 

 but the Queens Son being wounded in the Scuffle, and dying foon after, was 

 jaivageacfscfthe/^ thrown overboard. The Prifoners being brought before Columbus, foam'd at 

 the Mouth for raging madnefs ; and being afterwards carried to Cajlile, fo re* 

 tain'd their fierce and falvage Nature, that they fcar'd away and frighted the 

 fafe Beholders. 



Mean while the Spam/b Fleet proceeded on their Voyage, between feveral 

 Iflands, to Hifpaniola, of which fome appear defolate and barren, others green 

 and Woody • the fmall Vcflels failing clofe under the Shore, and the great ones 



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