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ty yards of plain Ground on it , fo that 

 fame of the Men fainted and were ordered 

 back a^ain to the Houfe\ve came frpm : 

 Don Pedro having given dire&ions to all the 

 Indians to take them into their Houfes, 

 and to let them not want for any thing 

 that could be got for them by Women and 

 Children, left in that Country, for he took 

 all the Men along with him : About feven 

 in the Evening we got to the top of this 

 Mountain, where we lodgd that Night in 

 a Houfe, but not big enough to hold our 

 People, the reft lay without, we being in 

 all 482 Englijh, befides Indians, of whom 

 at that time they had no more then a hun- 

 dred under Pedro, but mod of them very 

 brisk young Fellows, each of them having 

 two Lances, two Bows, and about twenty 

 Arrows. They are all naked, having long 

 black Hair hanging down to their Waftes, 

 and a Horn which they put their Yards in- 

 to, ty'd with a String,, and a very large 

 piece of Gold, with a Ring in the fhape of 

 half Moon, reaching from Ear to Ear, and 

 a Hole in their Nofe, into which the Ring 

 goes $ and for the Women they have a 

 Clout about their Poftenors, and only a 

 Ring in their Nofes 5 they value not Money, 

 for they had rather have fmall Beads, which 

 are but of little value: Since the French Fy- 

 rates have been amongft them , they have 

 learnt how to make ufe of fire Armes, but 

 very unhandily : Don Pedro had a very good 



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