6 1 The Lijlrejfes and Adventures 

 Hams Habitation, but to our great Difap- 

 pointment, he was abroad. His Wife, who 

 was an Indian, told us, he was gone with 

 Thomas his Countryman, and would not re- 

 turn within twenty Days. I underftood they 

 had been brought into this Country, when 

 little Boys, but by what Means I could not 

 learn. However, it feems, they were not 

 able to get out of it, nor do I believe, ever 

 any one did before us, who had the Misfor- 

 tune of being in our forlorn State. Mrs. 

 William (for I know no other Name to call 

 her by) informed us, that there was a 

 Countryman of ours not far off, whom her 

 Husband, by fome Stratagem, had brought 

 out of the Mines ; we defired her to fend 

 for him, which flie accordingly did, and at 

 Night he came to us. We hoped to be well 

 informed by him, how to fteer our Courfe 

 in the beft Manner, but in this we were 

 miftaken ; for, he faid, he had been taken 

 at Truxillo eight Years before, and was car- 

 ried direftly to the Mines, where he had 

 fpent moll of that Time, and was therefore 

 fo much a Stranger to the Country, that he 

 could give us no Manner of Intelligence 

 about it. We propofed to him, to endea- 

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