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a little after our fatigue ; but the cold 

 was fo exceffive, having neither (hoe nor 

 flocking, we thought we fliould have loft 

 our feet ; and captain Cheap was fo ill, 

 that if he had had but a few leagues 

 further to have gone without relief, he 

 could not have held out. It pleafed God 

 now that our fufFerings, in a great mea- 

 fure, were drawing to an end. 



What things our cacique had brought 

 with him from the wreck, he here bu- 

 ried under ground, in order to conceal 

 them from the Spaniards, who would 

 not have left him a rufty nail if they 

 had known of it. Towards evening, 

 we fet off again ; and about nine the fame 

 night, to our great joy, we obferved 

 fomething that had the appearance of a 

 houfe. It belonged to an acquaintance 

 of our cacique ; and as he was poflefled 

 of my fowling-piece, and we had pre- 

 ferved about one charge of powder, he 

 made us load it for him, and dcfiied we 



would 



