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INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL. 



these idols and worship them, and in return to give 

 him Indian men and women to be delivered to the 

 Spaniards. The Indians, from fear and respect to 

 the command of their lord, obeyed. Whoever had 

 two children gave one, and whoever had three gave 

 two. 



In the mean time, seeing that, after they had given 

 up their gods to be burned, these Spaniards brought 

 others to sell, the whole country broke out in indig- 

 nation against the monks, whom they accused of 

 deceiving them. The monks endeavoured to ap- 

 pease them, and, seeking out the thirty Spaniards, 

 represented to them the great evil they were doing, 

 and required them to leave the country ; but the 

 Spaniards refused, and consummated their wicked- 

 ness by telling the Indians that the priests them- 

 selves had induced them to come into the country. 

 The Indians were now roused beyond all forbear- 

 ance, and determined to murder the priests, who, 

 having notice of this intention, escaped at night. 

 Very soon, however, the Indians repented, and, re- 

 membering the purity of their lives, and satisfied of 

 their innocence, they sent after the monks fifty 

 leagues, and begged them to return. The monks, 

 zealous only for their souls, forgave them and re- 

 turned ; but, finding that the Spaniards would not 

 leave the country, and that they were constantly 

 aggrieving the Indians, and especially that they 

 could not preach in peace, nor without continual 

 dread, they determined to leave the country and re- 



