Chap. VII. AMERICA. ^ 



pions to rcfrefh themfelves with j therefore leaving the Ifle they anchor'd at 

 %edffa. 



In the interim, whileft thefc Expeditions were carry 'd on as hath been related 

 Captain John <Boon-eter (who parted from the Admiral has Fleet with eight Sail of 

 Ships) Cruis'd to and again before Htfpaniola till JMay Anno rtfji. near Mona he 

 took a rich VelTel coming from forto %o, another before the Ifland Vacca, and a 

 third full of Ginger, with which he Stcer'd to the Tortugas, being feven in number, 

 refembling rather fandy Flats than Ifles. Before Havana he alfo chafed feveral Vef- 

 fels, but loft fight of them in the Night. Mean while their Provifions growing 

 fliort, the Seamen weredefirous to return ; which <Booneter would no way yield to, 

 becaufe the time began to approach in which the Spanifi) Ships came from all places 

 to Havana • but the Men mutinying fore'd him to Steer to the Texel y where they ar- 

 riv'd without doing any confidcrablc Exploit advantageous to the Weft.lndia 

 Company. 



But at the fame time fourteen Ships, three Sloops, and feven great Pinnaces, 

 weighed Anchor from %eciffa with athoufand two hundred and fixty Men, divided 

 into twelve Companies, under the Command of Hartman Godefrid and Stein Callen- 

 fels. who Landing on the Ifland Tamarica, march'd along a bad and narrow Path, The Fort of 

 partly craggy and partly fandy, to a Fort built on a high Afcent overgrown with HWw* 

 Brambles in fuch a manner, that it was impoffible for them to break through, S*? * 

 whileft they in the fort fir'd continually upon Stein Callenfels, who judgd it conve' 

 nient to draw off, and Storm the Caftle on another fide. 



The Admiral Pater newly come from the fexel to Olinda/fent three Ketches, a 

 Sloop, and two Pinnaces, beyond the Town Tamarica, to prevent the Enemies crof. 

 fing over tothe Main, and keep offtheirFirc-fhips. They alfo received Informa- 

 tion from three Tortuguefe and five <Braftlian Prifoners, That the Caftle, furrounded 

 with Fens and Brambles, had fixteen Guns ; and that Albuquerque had fent eight 

 hundred Men to aflift the three hundred that lay in Garrifon there before. The 

 Captains Le Grand and Arcijfeusky found two other Ways that led to the Fort, but al- 

 together unfit to march along with their Men and Guns. Vatcr alfo Row'd round 

 the Ifland with Sloops, and fathom'd the Water, whileft Arcijfeusky Saili* up the 

 River to Garafi, fuppos'd that he had found a much better place to make<3 Onfec 

 on the Caftle in, than had been found out yet ; but the Council of Olinda and Stein 

 Callenfels look'd upon it as too great a hazard to Storm a Fort, to which the Ways 

 lay fo much to the Enemy's advantage, a fmall number in the fame being able to 

 beat offa confiderable Party ; therefore it was judg'd beft, and concluded upon, to 

 build a Fort on a little Ifle near Tamarica, at the Mouth of the River ; to which 

 purpofe the Engineer fBuuren contrived a fquare Caftle with a long Horn-work, 

 which was call'd Orange • in which the Captains Jrcijfemky , Metttngen, and %er, 

 were left in Garrifon with their Companies, whileft the reft of the Regiment re- 

 turn'd to %ec'\ffa. 



Mean while Antonio de Oquendo brought a great Fleet to St. Salvador ; and Callenfels 

 drew four Companies of Mufquctteers,and a great company of Seamen with Pick- 

 axes and Spades out of the Fort Frederick fienrick into the Ficld,and marching South- 

 ward along private Ways, he found the River ftrongly fortifi'd near the Forts Affo- 

 gados, having above and below a row of ftrong Pallifado's ; yet the <Portuguefe that 

 guarded thefe Works after a fmall refiftance fled, and left all : But becaufe a gene- 

 ral Alarm drew many People in Arms out of fyd, and feveral other places,Ga/Ze«/*e/j 

 drew ofFin good order, and was inform'd by a Prifoncr call'd VeterAlves, that the 

 Fort Ajfogadpi received that Denomination from the River on which it was built 5 



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