Chap. Ill; A M E%IC A. 6j 



able to handle their Arms , the Salvages flew them at their pleafure , by this 

 means in a fhort time , of feven hundred eighty five, remained fcarce ninety; 

 yet did not all this mifery work any thing upon the ambitious humor of Vaf* 

 ques Nunnery who rebelling againft Jncifus, fplit that frnall remainder of Men, 

 and with the help of thofe he had drawn over to his Party , made himfelf Go- 

 vernor of Uraba y not poflible to be long enjoy'd without fpecdy fupply, which 

 foon after they received ; for Colmenares Sailing from Hijpaniola with Provisions, '•'«««"« E*pedmo«. 

 arriv'd there the 15. of Oclober, Jnno 1510. having been tofs'd twenty three days 

 at Sea ; then making into the River Gaira , to furnifii himfelf with frefli Wa- 

 ter, he loft forty feven Men ; for whilft they were filling their Casks, feven 

 hundred of the Salvages came down upon them, and with their Poyfon'd 

 Arrows wounded and kill'd moft of them. Colmenares came in a good time to H»*««v"aptiw 

 the remainder under Ancifus Command , being in danger of death for want of 

 Provifions, and finding the fa&iotis that were among them about Superiority, 

 he thought it fit, confulting with fome of the chiefeft of them, to find out Ni- 

 cue/a, who was indeed the Governor that had the Grant from the King : This 

 agreed, Colmenares went to fearch, and at laft lighted upon him, building a For- 

 trefs againft the aflaults of the Enemies on the Promontory. Mormor, he was 

 glad to find him, but griev'd to fee the mifery and hardfhip they endur'd,moft 

 of his Men being kill'd, partly by the exceffive Heats, partly by Famine, and 

 partly by the cruelty of the Natives, fo that he had onely fixty remaining, and 

 thofe many of them alfo fick and weak. 



Colmenares having delivered his Meflage, 7s[icuefa broke up his Quarters, and 

 fleighting the Fort, went with him, but both himfelf and his Men were op- 

 pos'd from Landing by ISLunne^ wherefore £{tcuefa was neccflitated to Steer 

 for Hijpaniola ; whom, or what became of him was never known. 



Nunne^ having thus quitted himfelf of Nicucfa, and now, more than ever, 

 Wanting Provifion, he refolv'd to take out his own Commiffion at large, and 

 fettingup for himfelf, make no difcrimination of Perfons, Spaniards, orNa* 

 tives, but to make out his Fortune. 



And firft, he fell upon Careta King of Qoita, whom he took Prifoner, Plunder- 

 ing him of all his Treafurc and Provifions ; yet this fufficed not long, for foon 

 after, King Concha invading Careta, N(umie% took hold of that opportunity, and 

 pretending to affift Careta , being well recruited with his Forces, fet upon Con- 

 cha, who immediately fled, and left all to the fpoil of his Enemies. 



This News foamaz'd Co7Mogr«5,another King, that he proffer 'd Peace ; where- K *™^ rka r b k Palla( * of 

 upon Nunne^ going thither, was nobly entertain'd in his Palace, being one hun- 

 dred and fifty Paces long, and eighty broad, the Floors Pav'd with Stone, and 

 the Roofs Vaulted, his Cellars were ftor'd with Wine, made of the Root Jucca, 

 Ages j and Mais- y the Privy-Chamber was hung round with dead bodies, 

 Mummy'd artificially with Lent Fires, and were the Corpfes of Qomogrus Ance- 

 stors , and others of the Royal Blood, and near eft Relations, of whom fome 

 dy'd at leaft four hundred years before • each of thefe faften d by Cordage 

 made of Reeds, were Habited in Cotton, richly adorn'd with Pearls and Gold. 

 Mean while, a Hurricanehappening , terrible with Thunder and Lightning, 

 and hideous Gufts , fwell'd and fo enrag'd the Sea , that breaking its bounds, 

 overrunning, drown'd the whole Champain ; thusthe hopes of a fruitful Har- 

 yeft being utterly loft, they fuffer'd under a great Famine. 



The Spaniards which Encamp'd near the River Daria, on Uraba y perceiving 

 this, and knowing they had no manner of fupply from Hifyaniola, and having 



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