jfc aft* 



Dominicans 

 put to death 



tfi* <U M E %I C J. Chap. IX. 



The Soil alfo produces Cafiia-Fiftnla, Rofcs, and other ftrong fmelling Flower* 

 and Herbs. 



For Beads, beQdes Lyons, Tygers, and wild Hogs, there are fevcral ftrange 

 kinds here, as the Cappa, which is bigger than an Afs, having fhaggy and black 

 Hair ; it runs away from Mankind, but devours whafoever elfeit meets with. 



The Aranata, which hath a Goats Beard, and is of the bignefs of a Greyhound ; 

 it howls very dreadfully, and feeds on Fruits. 



The wild Cats which breed here, leap, though great with Young, from one 

 Tree to another. • 



In the Evening a BcadJike a lean Dog comes to their Huts, cries like a Child, 

 and devours all thofe it meets abroad 7 wherefore every one that goes out in the 

 Night carries a lighted Stick with him, for this Bead dreads the fight of Fire. 



The Trees give Harbor to great numbers of Parrots, and other fine Feather'd 



Birds. 



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The Bats here are very large and hurtful, fucking the Blood from Men and 

 Beafts. 



The Mufcbito's alfo do very much plague and vex the Inhabitants. 



The Spiders, much bigger than thole of Europe, and of divers colours, make very 

 drong Cobwebs. 



Along the Sea-Coaft, and in the Rivers is plenty of delicious Fifh. 



Anno 1 512. two Dominican Fryers went over from Terra Firtna to Cttmana. where 



put to death ' ' J ' 



bytheNa- tnc Natives kindly Entertained them, till a Spa?iiJJ? Ship Anchoring there for the 

 Pearl-Trade, carry'd away by violence the Governor and feventeen of his Servants- 

 whereupon the Natives threatned, that unlefs their Lord was redor'd, they would 

 put the two Dominicans to death ; the Spaniards promifing redauration of him in four 

 Moneths time, inform'd the Council at Hijpaniola of it, who not confenting to 

 his Relcafement,the two Monks were, according the former threatning, prefently 

 put to death. Yet after this the Francifcans and Dominicans built each of them a 

 Cloyder in the Province of Cbiribicbi, where they kept friendly Correfpondence 

 auhx* de 0- w * tn tne C umana '*, till Anno 1510. when Alonfo de Ojeda coming to an Anchor before 

 &l£to. hy Maracapana, under pretence of bartering Mai^ for Spanifr Goods with the Tagare^ 

 who came about fifty from the Mountains on which they liv'd, being three Leagues 

 up in the Countrey, and brought Mai^down to the Shore, the Spaniards took thirty 

 fix of them Prifoners, and kill'd or wounded the red : Whereupon the Gover- 

 nor Gonzales being complain'd unto by the neighboring Prince Maraguey, and his 

 affidance defir'd in taking Revenge of the Dominicans and Francifcans, who had 

 tirg'd and perfwaded Ojeda to the fore-mention'd Aft, Gonzales hereupon made an 

 Agreement with Maraguey, that he fhould dedroy the Monks, whiled he himfelf 

 would kill Ojeda, which they accordingly performed. The Council in St. Domingo 

 informed hereof, immediately fent three Ships, Mann'd with three hundred Men, 

 under the Command of Gon^aho de Ocampo, who Anchoring in the Haven of Mara- 

 capana, fcign'd as if he came newly from Spain 9 and that he knew nothing of 

 the Bufinefs between Ojeda and Gonzales, that fo he might entice the Natives into 

 his Ship, and accordingly when divers of them came aboard, the Armed Spani- 

 ards darted from under the Decks, and hung them up at their Yard-arms, burnt the 

 Village Mhracapana, and ruin'd the Countrey far and near with Fire and Sword. 



Ocampo alio built the Town Toledo, abou* half a League farther into the Coun- 

 trey, where the Bifhop Sartbolomew detas Cafas, making his Vifitation, commanded 

 Ocampj to forbear his cruelty againd the Natives, he having daily either burnt, 

 hang'd, beheaded, or made Slaves of fome or other of them. Qafas alfo caus'd a 



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