DAVIS's Expedition 



and had got a confiderable Summ more, had it not 

 been difcovered by one AlUn, an 7n/#-Man, who 

 was Interpreter to the Glocefter ; and fo our Defign 

 mifcarried on that Place. 



All our Company being met together at the Sam- 

 hallo's Keys, the foremention'd French Pirates came 

 aboard us, and we fent a Meflenger up to Don Pe- 

 dro, King of the Indians, to know if he would 

 come down, and agree to fuch Articles as we 

 ihould propofe to him, to join with us againft the 

 Spaniards he readily complied, and propofed to 

 take 300 Indians with him, in order to cut a Paf- 

 fage thro 9 the Woods, for our Men to march up to 

 the Mines ; the French Pirates refolved alfo to go 

 with us, provided they Ihould have an equal Share 

 with us, and ("if poffible ) we procured them their 

 Pardon : But an unadvifed Word dropp'd by one 

 of our Captains, made them decline the Expedition, 

 and quite break off : However, they were fo honou- 

 rable, that they promifed to keep the Spaniards 

 they had clofe Prifoners for 5 or 6 Weeks, by 

 which Time we might have finifhed our Defign, 

 that fo no Intelligence might be given of the Ene- 

 my : The King of the Indians continued aboard the 

 Neptune with his Retinue ; he is a very fenfible Man, 

 and was brought up amongft the French 2XMartinico, 

 {peaks French, Spani/b, and broken Englijh, and al- 

 fo writes it, which no other Indian can do in his 

 Country,, and feemed very defirous of a Corref- 

 pondence with us ; and on the 14th in the Evening 

 there came 130 of the beft of the Pirates, with the 

 Confent of the reft, on Board. 



On the 15th Don Pedro, accompanied by fome 

 of our Captains and others, went afhore, and treat- 

 ed them at his Houfe very nobly, after the Man- 

 ner of his Country ; they had Provifions very 

 Plenty of all Sorts, but they had no other Drink 

 but MuJhlaWy made of Plantains, and'Chity made 



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