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them, when the Jesuits made him sensible, that 

 it would be his interest to remain at peace with 

 the Christians. Cuseru dined at the table of the 

 Spanish general ; when he was allured by pro- 

 mises, and the prediction of the approaching fall 

 of his enemies. From being a king he became 

 the mayor of a village ; and consented to settle 

 with his people at the new mission of San Fer- 

 nando de Atabapo. Such is most frequently the 

 sad end of those chiefs, whom travellers and 

 missionaries style Indian princes, " In my 

 mission," says the honest father Gili, " I had 

 five reyecillos, or little kings, those of the Tama- 

 nacs, the Avarigotes, the Parecas, the Quaquas, 

 and the Meepures. At church I placed them in 

 file on the same bench ; but I took care to give 

 the first place to Monaiti, king of the Tama- 

 nacs, because he had helped me to found the 

 village ; and he seemed quite proud of this pre- 

 cedency." We agree with Father Gili, that it is 

 rare to find men who have fallen from high 

 power so easy to be satisfied. 



When Cuseru, the chief of the Guaypunabis, 

 saw the Spanish troops pass the cataracts, he 

 advised Don Jose Solano to wait a whole year 

 before he formed a settlement on the Atabapo ; 

 predicting the misfortunes, which were not long 

 in taking place. " Let me labour with my peo- 

 ple in clearing the ground," said Cuseru to the 

 Jesuits ; "I will plant cassava, and you will find 



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