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On the i ft of July we were to go on more by order of our 

 commander ; and as we were ft ill to continue our voyage for 

 fome time, it was necefTary we mould procure a fufficient quan- 

 tity of water (to much being ufed fmce we failed from Port 

 Trinity) though hitherto we had not been able to ef7ec"t this 

 from want of a proper tide, which at the fame time prevented 

 us from getting wood and a maft. For this reafon fuch part of 

 the crew was pitched upon who were likely to be moft active in 

 the fervice, each of them taking a gun and piftol, and fome of 

 them a cutlafs y and cartridge-box, the whole party being put 

 under the command of Pedro Santa-Ana % who always diftin- 

 guilhed himfelf upon fuch occafions. They alfo took with them 

 hatchets, and were directed to fend us back the boat, that we 

 might fiil it with calks, after which they were to carry them to 

 that part of the coaft where they could fooneft compleat their 

 watering. 



Our detachment therefore contrived to land where there w r as 

 the deepelt water, and the neareft poffible to a river. They had 

 fcarcely done this, however, when the Indians rufhed out from 

 the mountains to the number of 300, and furrounding our fea- 

 men immediately, we concluded that the whole detachment 

 would have been cut off, as we only perceived a fingle fire from 

 our people, and that two of them running to the more threw 

 themfelves into the fea, whofe fate we could not know on account 

 of the mallows of the coaft. 



As we therefore could not help our comrades, by not having 

 fufficient depth of fea for our vefTel, we fired our great guns and 



y Sabre. 



* He is ftated to have been contro-maerlre, or perhaps matter's 

 mate. 



S s s muikcts ; 



