of John Cockburn 9 $fc. i^p 



likewife furnifh me with all Things neceffa- 

 ry towards forwarding my Intentions of get- 

 ting home, which I might do with greatet 

 Eafe and Expedition by their Means, than 

 by any other Way I could propofe; for 

 that they were Indians who inhabited on 

 the North- Sea , where Veffels frequently ar- 

 rived from Jamaica to trade with them ; lb 

 that they had Knowledge of the Englijh i and 

 loved them very well, tho* they abhorred 

 the Spaniards ; and as they had never yet 

 been conquered by them, they were deter- 

 mined utterly to defy them, and all their 

 Adherents. They ufed many Arguments to 

 intice me to go with them, faying, it was 

 but fifteen Days Journey from thence to 

 the Place where they inhabited. I excufed 

 myfelf to them on Account of my prefent 

 Weaknefs; and alledged, that were I in 

 Health, they would find me far unfit to 

 travel with them, for that the Englijh were 

 not comparable to the Indians in A£Hvity 

 of Body : But however, this was not alto- 

 gether the Cafe ; for I muft have been more 

 diftemper'd in Mind than I was in Body, 

 had I aifociated myfelf with a Band of Rob- 

 bers and Murderers^ who could be guilty 



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