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We learned from this man, that almoft all the 

 Indians of this village had been baptized at the 

 Havannah, to which they made a voyage every 

 year. This city lies at the diftance of forty- five 

 leagues, and they make this paffage in fmali very 

 flat pirogues, in which we mould hardly truft our- 

 felves'a-crofs the Seine at Paris. Don Antonio, added 

 they, had a king called Don Diego, whom we fhould 

 fee to-morrow. He afterwards afked us what route 

 we had refolved to take, and offered to conduct 

 us to St. Auguftine. We thanked him for his of- 

 fer, treated him and all his company handfomely, 

 who returned to all appearance very well fatisfied 

 with their reception. 



Thefelndians have a redder fkinthan any of thofe 

 I have yet feen : we could not learn the name of 

 their nation : tho' they deferve no good character, 

 yet they do not feem to be fo bad as the Calos or Carlos^ 

 to infamous for their cruelty, whofe country lies 

 at no great diftance from the Martyrs ; I do not 

 believe they are Canibals, but perhaps they ap- 

 peared fo tradable to us only becaufe we were 

 ftronger than them. I do not know what has 

 embroiled them with the Englifh, but we had 

 great reafon to think that they did not love them. 

 Perhaps Don Antonio had no other motive for his 

 vint, but to examine if we were of that nation, or 

 if they mould not run too great a hazard in attack- 

 ing us. 



On the fixteenth I went afhore to thofe left on 

 the ifland, and fulfilled the promife we had made 

 them the evening before. I fpent almoft the whole 

 day with them, and in the evening at my return, 

 found the whole veflel in confufion. The authors 

 pi this diforder were the marine qf]kers 3 and all 



