H* ' *A M E *KI C A. Cliap. XVI. 



finding the Iflandcrs fo few in number, and infoficklyand neceffitous an Eftate 

 they would not joyn with them, but maugrc all the Governor's Perfwafions or 

 Commands, retreat to the North part of the Ifland, and there fortifie at a place 

 call'd Chireras, expecting every day frcfli Recruits - which not coming time enough, 

 and their Quarters being difcover'd, they were fet upon by the English, and moft 

 of them either flain or taken Prifoners : not many Moneths after the reft of the 

 Spanish Forces Land, being in all about thirty Companies, with Ordnance, and 

 good (lore of Ammunition,, who falling prcfently to make ftrong Fortifica. 

 tions at %io Novo, arc neverthelefs in a fhort time utterly defeated by the 

 English i Upon which, and feveral other ill Succcfles, defpairing to re*gain the 

 Ifland, they Ship off their Women and the richeft of their Goods . and the T^egro 

 Slaves grown Mafterlefs, by the general either {laughter or departure of their Pa- 

 trons, fluke off their Obedience to the Spaniards, and conftitutea Governor of their 

 own, a Black, yet fubmit themfelves, and own Subjection to the English Govern- 

 ment, the Spaniards from Quba, both by their Perfwafions and monethly Contri- 

 butions, in vain endeavoring to reduce them ; onely fome few there were that flood 

 out, whom the reft not onely made it their bufinefs to difcover, but hclp'd the Eng* 

 lish to take them, infomuch that at laft the Spanish General not having above fifty 

 Men left him, was fore'd to feek for Peace, and offer'd Terms of Accommodation . 

 which the English General would not be drawn to accept of, unlefs upon Condi- 

 tion that he fliould deliver up to Jufticeasmany as were left of thofe that had 

 barbaroufly murder'd any of our Men, either in time of Treaty, or after Quarter 

 given. 



The Englifh in this Ifland are fctled for above a hundred Miles along the Coun- 

 trey from the Eaftward. 

 aw To™. Their chief Towns are i. St.Jago, (built by the Spaniards, as afore mention'd) 

 which lieth fix Miles within the Land , North-Weft from the Harbor of Cag^aj. 

 Here the English have built a fmall Fort. 



2. Tajfage, a fmall Town, built alfo by the English fix Miles from Sr. fago, for 

 the convenience of going to Cagway, confifting of about fifty Hon fes and £ Fort, 

 whence crofs this Harbor , about three Leagues diftant is the Town of j . Gagwty, 

 feated on the Extream end of the Point,containing in it above fix hundred Hc\'ufes, 

 all built by the English, befides the Governor's Palace , and the Houfcs where\ the 

 Stores for the Army are kept. 1 



This is counted the moft healthful Place in all the Ifland, and the very Seal* of 

 Trade, where all Merchants, Strangers, and Sailors refide. 



Here, upon the utmoft Angle of the Point towards the Sea, is a round Tower, 

 built of Lime and Stone 5 about which is rais'd a ftrong and regular Fort, contain- 

 ing fixty pieces of Ordnance. 



This Town is now call'd Tort %oj*l, and is thought to contain about fixte^n 

 thoufand Inhabitants. 



A Mile from hence is another Fort, call'd Landward, which runs from the Hxt- 

 bor to the Sea, to defend the Town from any Attempt by Land. 



Offthe Mouth of the Harbor towards the Sea, lie divers fmall Iflands, the mo ft 

 Weftern of which being within half a League of the Fort, and between whic h 

 and the Fort every Ship that comes into the Harbor is neceffitated to pafs : It. is 

 uttu ip»ni. call'd Little I/land . where a Fort is likewife rais'd, to defend the Mouth of the Har- 

 bor, containing eight pieces of Ordnance. 



Another Fortification is at Portmorant, which we fhall make mention of amoncJft 

 the Harbors. 



Fott Kfijal 



Latulward. 



