3*4 



Part of the 

 Caribbean $ 

 revolt from 

 the Af*U- 

 thitts. 



Thejr peoplo 

 the Caribbets 

 ani grow 

 powerful. 



Original of 

 the Jpala- 

 thitts. 



Their Opi- 

 nions in Re- 

 Jigion. 





The Bird ro- 



natz* H. 



Defer iption 

 ©f the Moun- 

 tain Olaimi, 



A M E<Kl C A. Chap. XVI IL 



(lorn was yearly obferv'd, when at laft they began to negleft their Duty, wherefore 

 Toltlabin refolv'd to proclaim War againfl: the Qaribkeans , if they did not continue 

 paying their Devotions to the Sun : which Injun&ion was differently receiv'd » 

 fome judg'd it to be inconfiftent with their purchas'd Freedom, to receive Laws for 

 Religion from a neighboring King, alledging, That if any Reverence was due to 

 the Sun, it might as well be given on the Mountains of Jmana as within Toltlabin s 

 Realm : others, whe lov'd Peace, and had a zeal to the Olaimi Religion, would not 

 be againft the Propofals, which occafion!d a Contention amongft themfclves, and 

 everyone apply'd himfelf tothofe that were of his Opinion . neverthelefs thofe that 

 Hood upon their Freedom, were of the greateft Party ; wherefore the Worfliippers 

 of the Sun clos'd with the Jpalachites, who going out with their Forces, routed the 

 other Party, and receiv'd thofe Caribbeeans that joyn'd With them in Religion into 

 Co-partnerfhip alfo in the Government, fo that they united into one People : But 

 thofe that were routed rally'd again, and not without thoufands of Inconveniences 

 made towards the Sea, where Embarquing, they Landed firft on the Ifle Ajay, now 

 call'd SanBa Crux, and in procefs of time grew very populous ; for from thence by 

 degrees have been peopled all the little Ifles which lie before Jmerica, and grew fo 

 confiderable, that they were fought to by the Qalabites, to fide with them againfl; 

 the AroVaces, Taos, Sappayos, and other People their Enemies on the Main Conti- 

 nent, where they have taken many large Countreys, extending as far as Srafile, 

 where they are greatly refpeded and fear'd for their Valor and Policy in warlike 

 Affairs; 



But becaufe the memory of antique PafTages hath no firm foundation in Books, 

 having been onely taken by Tradition from time to time amongft the Caribbeeans, 

 therefore we cannot give you an exaft Account of their Removal from Florida ; yet 

 it remains without contradiction, that it hapned above five Ages before the Spaniards 

 Arrival, which time at leaft was requir'd to the peopling of fo many great Iflands 

 and Kingdoms. 



Concerning the Original of the Apalacbites, they themfclves affirm, that they 

 cannot certainly determine the time when they firft Sctled here : however, they 

 report that they have peopled the Provinces Bemarin, Jmana, and Matika, many Ages 

 ago. That they are Extracted from the Tartars, appears not obfeurely, by their 

 Cuftoms, Idolatry, and Language. Amongft other things, they have learn'd from 

 the Tartars religioufly to remember thofe Kings which performed any grand Ex- 

 ploits in the Service of their Countrey. Amongft others, the Apalacbites make men- 

 tion in their Areitos, or Songs, of a King call'd Maydo, eminent for his noble At* 

 chievements, and prudent Governing of his People. 



They believe that the Sun many Ages fince was Darken'd or Ecclips'd twenty 

 four Hours together, during which time the Waters over.flow'd the higheft Moun- 

 tains, except that of Olaimi, where there flood a ftatcly Temple, built in honor of 

 the Sun . in which all thofe that fled thither were preferv'd, and difpers'd after- 

 wards into feveral parts to re-people the World as foon as the Waters were abated, 

 and the Sun appear'd in his full luftre again : whereupon they imagine, that to this 

 day their Bird Tonat^uli, at theRifingof the Sun congratulates his appearance 

 with great joy, and at his Setting, requefts his fpecdy return from under the 

 Horizon. 



The Tonat^uli is a Bird like a Bull-Finch, onely its Belly and Wings are of a 

 Golden colour, the Back and Tail blue, its Head adom'd with divers colout'd Fea- 

 thers, its Claws and Rill like Ivory, and it Sings like a Nightingak. 



As forOlaimt. a perfeft round Mountain j the Way which leads to the top 



thereof 



