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46 A Voyage to 



bf the J e fiiiies. The firft Foundation was in the Year- 15 5 2,' 

 in a Plain, about four or five Fathom above the Surface of 

 the Sea. Hard by, was a Fort to keep the Indians in Awe-; 

 but thofe People, tired with the tyrannical Government of 

 the Spaniards, who made them work in the Gold Mines, 

 which are there very plentiful, exacting of them the Value 

 of 25 or 30 Crowns a Day for every Man, at length fhook 

 off that heavy Yoke, kill'd Baldhia, according to Ovalle, 

 with* a Club; and, according to the Tradition of the 

 Country, caft melted Gold into his Mouth, faying, Gorge 

 your [elf with that GO LD you [0 much thirfted after. After 

 which, they razed the Fort, and plunder'd the Town. 



It is now rebuilt a little higher up the Land, on the Bank 

 of the River. 



Seven Leagues from thence, to the N. N. E. a Fort has 

 been ere&ed on an Eminence, caU'd las Cruzes, or, The 

 Croffes, in which there are two Pieces of Gannon, carrying 

 Six-Pound Ball, and a Garrifon of 20 Men, to prevent 

 Excurfions from the remoter Indians, who are not fub- 

 dued. But enough has been faid of a Place which 1 know 

 only by Information from others: Let us return to our 

 Voyage. 



Left the Winds fiiould drive us down upon the Coaft of 

 Baldwia, we always endeavour'd to ftand out, and with 

 good Reafon ; for the Wind did come to W. S. W. and 

 N. N. W. blowing fo hard, that we could carry none but 

 Main-Sail and Fore-Sail. A calm Interval brought it on 

 again with more Violence at N. W. fo that we were oblig'd 

 to lie by : Then it came about to W. N. W. a frefli Gale, 

 with fome Squawls, and Flafhes of Lightning. 



The 15 th of June, the Wind varyM from W. S. W. to 

 South, a fmall Gale, and calm. 

 s. Mary The 16th, we difcover'd Land at Eaft, about 12 Leagues 

 Ifiand. diftant. Some Hours after, we knew the Ifland of S. Mary, 

 which is low, and almoft plain. It is about three Quarters 

 of a League in Length, from North to South. 



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