of John Cockburn, &c> 241 



they have a String or two of Tigers Teeth 

 hanging at their Ears, they are compleatly 

 drefs'd. Thefe People talked with me in 

 Englifh) and fome of them could fpeak a little 

 Spanifh and French. They are all Heathens, 

 and are as conftant a Plague to the Spaniards 

 as are the Indtos £ravos> 



When the Governor of Chlriqui had 

 a little recover'd from his Confternation > 

 he reiblved to fend Notice of what had 

 happened to the Governor of Panama, and 

 to require to have fome Forces fent him, in 

 cafe the Town mould be again furprized* 

 He propofed to me, thai if I was able a 5 nd 

 willing to go with the Indians he fhould 

 fend on this Errand, he would give them 

 Charge not to leave me till I came near Pa* 

 nama, and that he would order me as much 

 Provifions as would ferve me to Pueblo 

 Nuevo ; and when I was pafs'd the Moun- 

 tains, which lie between that Town and 

 Nata y then he faid I mould come among 

 Inhabitants every Nighty that were a kind 

 People, who would affift me in any Thing 

 I fhould want. I gladly embraced this Of* 



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