Chap. VII. 



AMERICA 



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Amongft other Misfortunes which befell the WeJMnJi* Company, theRcvolt of G "/ 

 the Tapuyans and other Brajiliafis was not the leaft, which hapned upon the occafion s%*\iitp« 

 of Garjlmans putting to Death of Jacob %ibbi, a German, and indeed their chief r >' s . Cwu ~ 

 Ringleader in all Robberies and Villanies ; but Dary their then King alledging 

 th&t fybbi was wrongfully Executed by Garftman, and that his Tryal belong'd to 

 him as King, profecuted Garftman fo vigorously, that he and his Enfign Jacob Boulan, 

 his Acceflbry in the Fact, had their Goods and Salary confifcated, and they them- 

 felves were fent home in difgrace. 



Meanwhile the Council feeing that there was not much good to be done by ^l^SL 

 force of Arms, endeavor'd by mild ways to invite the revolted fortuguej'es, who^ e rc ™ Js 

 were all promis'd Pardon for their I nfiir region in an Edi& which was publifh'd Ketbtrlarfd ^ 

 in all places, onely Fiera, Jlmado, De %puche, Antonio Cahantelca, and Hoogenftraet, for 

 whom great fums of Money were offer'd, were excepted. The Tortuguefe on the 

 contrary publifli'd, That they would receive all thofe TS{etherlanders into favor that 

 Would come over to th&m, and pay the Debts which they ow'd to the WeJI-India, 

 Company, and alfo Tranfport them whither they pleas'd. Thefe Promifes, writ* 

 ten in Englijh, Dutch, French, arid Portuguefe, and hung every where on the Boughs 

 of Trees, and other publick Places, operated much more than the Privy*Councils 

 Edicts- for in ftead of one Vortuguefe that came to them, feveral ran to the (portu* 

 gueje from (%r<y/i, notwithstanding a ftricT: Guard was kept to prevent them.,bciides 

 the great mortality amongft the Soldiers and Inhabitants through feveral raging 

 Diftempers, and want of frefh Provifions : Which general Calamity, it fecms, 

 very much cow'd the Spirits of thofe that were left ,• for in a Sally meeting with five 

 hundred PorMgwe/e*,- notwithstanding they were equal in number, yet they made a 

 flumeful Retreat } yea, though Schuppe came with eight hundred Men to their afli. 

 fiance, yet he could not prevail with them to face about either by fair means or 

 foul, for with his own hand he Ran -through an Enfign, Sergeant, and two Soldiers, 

 Who ran away firft. Yet notwithftandingthis bafe and cowardly Retreat, it was 

 Tefolv'd on to fet upon Olinda and the Promontory St. Auguftine .] and at the fame 

 time Hinderfon was fent to make himfelf Mafter of %to Francifco with fifteen hun« * 

 dred Men, and to harrafe all the Countrey thereabouts wich Fire and Sword, that 

 fo he might force the fortuguefe to leave %eci$a. 



Though John Dary, King of the Tapuyans, feem'd well enough contented with the Revolt of the 

 punifliment of Garftman, yet a great Party of his Subjects were not fatisfi'd, bvtt***^ 

 Wfcnt and joyn'd with the fortuguefe, becaufe Garftman had not been delivered to 

 them in Siara, where they kill'd all the Netherlander; they could meet with, and fent 

 Prefents to their King Dary, if poflible, to oblige him to joyn with the Tortuguefe : 

 But he reply *d, That he had more reafon to punifh them for their ill ufage of the Inhabitants in 

 Siara, than to have any thing to do Ttoith the Portuguefe. 



The Council inform'd hereof, fent the Interpreter %alph Baron, who had a long 

 time Convers'd with the Tapuyans, with a Prefent of Axes, Knives, Looking^glaffes, 

 Shirts, Combs, and the like Trifles, to King Dary, defiringhim to continue his for- 

 mer kindnefs towards the Hollanders -, which Dary promis'd, provided he might re- 

 ceive Affiftance from %eciffa againft thofe whom he had made his Enemies for the 

 Netherlanders fake • which Baron promis'd fliould be done as foon as the frefli Forces 

 which were daily expected from the Texel, Maes, and Zealand, came to Brajile. 



Hinderfon Landing at %io Grande, took the Fort without firing a Gun, the forttu J^*^ 

 guefezt his firft coming flying into the Woods. He found here abundance of Cattel ; ^jj^ 

 for no place in the World breeds more than this, feveral Husbandmen having fifteen 

 thoufand Head of Beafts, of which many were taken to fupply the want of Provi. 



H h h fions. 



