to the Gold Mines, Sec. 4<*£ 



of any Spanifh- Indian flhould be looking out and 

 difcover us : About twelve we turned into another 

 River on the Right-hand, not fo broad as the other 

 which brought us into a Lagoone , about four we 

 got into it, it being a large Bay ; Land all round 

 us, only fmall Greeks, which carry us up to the 

 Barckacleers or landing Places, but no Houfes near 

 you, except it were Huts, which are built by tra- 

 velling Indians: We landed about five, at a very 

 muddy Place, having nothing but Swamps to 

 march through, and but one Man could go in the 

 Path, which was but juft cut by the Indians for us ^ 

 when we got out of that Path, we came to a Ri- 

 ver, which was full as bad marching as before, oc~ 

 cafion'd by the great Rains defecending from the 

 Mountains, it took us fometimes up to the middle, 

 and when out of it, had nothing but Rocks to climb 

 over, and before we came to the Town (as they call 

 it) we croft this River thirty three times in ten Miles 

 March, and in mo ft Places it runs fo ftrong, that 

 it is as much as a Man can do to ftand on his Legs, 

 Some of the Men tumbled, and loft their 

 Arms and Ammunition, and almoft themfelves, 

 each having with hinj a Gun, Piftol and Cartouch 

 Box, with thirty Cartridges befides fpare Shot, 

 Powder and Provifions, burthen enough for a City 

 Porter, confidering the way : We kept marching 

 that Night till it was quite dark, and then we cut 

 Wood and built our felves Huts to fhelter us from 

 the Weather at break of Day, on the twentieth, 

 we fet forward to the Town after the reft of our 

 Men, who had landed the Day before and: about 

 ten a-Clock we came to the Place of Rendezvous, 

 where all our Men met together and lodged their 

 Arms, only Captain Plowman and Captain Pilking- 

 ton were ordered to flay with the Sloops ; at the 

 fame time there was Provifion brought us for all 

 the People, as Hogs, Pickery's, Fowls, a Pic- 

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