8o The V O Y 
a Very declining State of Health, on Ihore : After which, 
tney determined to return again to the American Coafts, 
chiefly perfuaded thereto by one of their Prifoners, a Na- 
tive of Realejo , who affured them the Inhabitants were per* 
fedlly Secure, and that the Place might be eafily taken. 
Upon this Information, they fteered North North-eaft ; 
and the firft Land they made, upon the Main, was Cape 
Trefponias , where, coming to an Anchor, they fent their 
Boat on Ihore, to look for Water ; and, on the Eaft Coaft 
of the Bay, they found fome, that was very good. As foon 
as they were in Sight of Land, their Commander Captain 
John Cooke died ; and, going afhore to bury him, three 
Spanijh Indians came down to fee who they were, and were 
taken, and carried on board. Some Small Time after, fend- 
ing their Boat on Ihore again, to try if it was poffible to get 
Some Cattle, the Spaniards , while the Men were hunting, 
burnt their Boat, and lay in Ambufli to take them when 
they came back. In this Diftrefs, they had Recourfe to a 
very fteep Rock not far from the Shore ; which, with fome 
Difficulty, they gained, and there they continued, till the 
Ship fent another Boat, with twenty Men, to fetch them 
off. The three Indians they carried aboard, with Ropes 
about their Necks ; but, as they led them, one found a 
a Way to get his Neck out of the Collar, and made his 
.Efcape. It was now thought unneceflfary to keep the reft 
of the Prifoners, and fo they gave them Leave to Shift for 
themfelves ; and then bore away for Realejo , where when 
they arrived, and made fome Prifoners, they found the 
Country fo alarmed by the Indian, that had made his Efcape 
from them, that it was impoffible to do any thing •, and 
therefore they returned very difconfolate to their Ship. 
, 7. After this Difappointment, they refolved to fail for 
the Gulph of St. Michael , called alfo the Gulph of Ama- 
palla , at the Mouth of which there are two very consider- 
able Elands, the one called Manger a, the other Amapalla ; 
both which they poffeffed themfelves of. And here fome 
Difputes arifing between Captain Davis , who Succeeded 
Captain Cooke in his Command, and Captain Eaton , they 
refolved to Separate, tho’ it was certainly for the Intereft of 
both to keep together. It was, however, judged requifite 
to careen their Ships ; for doing which this Place afforded all 
imaginable Conveniencies. The Indians alfo, tho’ they had 
been ill tried by Captain Davis's Men, who fired upon them 
without any juft Caufe, were reconciled, and became very 
ufeful, carrying them over to an Ifland, where there was 
Plenty of wild Cows ; which enabled them to flock their 
Veffels with Beef. This being done, and both Ships in a 
Condition to put to Sea, Captain Eaton took on board his 
Veffel four hundred Sacks of Flour, and prepared to quit the 
Coaft, having firft agreed with Captain Cowley to quit the 
Ship he was in, and to fail with him in Quality of Mafter, 
obliging himfelf to navigate the Ship to any Place or Port 
Captain Eaton Should diredt. From this Period of Time, 
therefore, the Voyages of Cowley and Dampier ceafe to be 
the fame •, which was the Reafon that I thought it neceffary 
to take in both, the rather becaufe fuch as have treated of 
Circum-navigations have purfued this Method • and I have 
no Inclination to be Singular, but to afford my Readers all 
that they can reafonably expedt in a Work of this Kind, in 
which, I hope, I have hitherto Succeeded. But to proceed 
to Captain Cowley's Voyage in his new Ship, and with his 
new Captain : 
8. It was about the Middle of Augujl when they left the 
Bay of St. Michael , and fteered for Cape Francifco , which 
lies in the Latitude of i° North •, in the Neighbourhood of 
which Cape they met with fuch dreadful Storms, attended 
with fuch violent Thunder and Lightning, as they never 
faw in any other Place. From thence they proceeded into 
the Latitude of J° ; but, finding the Country every- where 
alarmed, they thought fit to bear away for Paita , which is 
but in 5 0 , where they took two Ships at Anchor ; which 
the Spaniards refufing to ranfom, Captain Eaton ordered 
them to be burnt. Then, taking Leave of the Coaft, he 
failed for the Ifland of Gorgona , which the Privateers gene- 
rally call Sharpe's IJland. It lies in the Latitude of 3 0 15', 
at the Diftance of about four Leagues from the Main. It 
is in Length two Leagues, and in Breadth one. On the 
Weft Side of the Ifland there is a good Harbour; and, tho’ 
the Place be uninhabited, yet it affords Wood and Water 
AGES of Book I. 
in Abundance. The common Notion in the IVejl Indies is, 
that it rains often in Chili, Seldom in Peru , but always in 
the Ifland of Gorgona , where, they fay, there never was a 
fair Day known; but, tho 5 this is not to be ftridlly taken, 
yet all, who are acquainted with this Ifland, agree, that it 
rains more or lefs in all Seafons here ; which is probably the 
Reafon, that, notwithftanding its convenient Situation, it 
has always remained uninhabited. They failed from thence, 
and kept a Weft North-weft Courfe, till they arrived in the 
Latitude of 13 0 North; and then they fteered Weft, as 
low as the Rocks of St. Bartholomew. They then got into 
the Latitude of 15 0 , till they thought themfelves out 'of 
Danger from thofe or any other Rocks ; after which they 
returned into the Latitude of 13 0 , in which they continued 
their Voyage for the Eaji Indies. 
9. They had the Trade-wind from the Time they were 
in the Latitude of io°, and a reafonable good Pafiage, ex- 
cept that the Men were, generally Speaking, fick of the 
Scurvy, to the 14th of March , when they faw the Ifland 
of Guam or Guana , which bore Weft from them ; and had 
an Observation the fame Day, by which they found them- 
felves in the Latitude of 13 0 2' : And, according to Cap- 
tain Cowley's Journal, this was a prodigious Run ; for he 
fays, that, according to his Computation, it Was 7646 
Miles ; that is to fay, departed fo many Miles from Gor - 
gonia, by Lofs made out in Longitude, which is about 2549 
Leagues. The next Day, which was Sunday , March 15. 
they failed about the South-weft Part of the Ifland, and at 
length came to an Anchor in the Bay, which is on the Weft, 
and fent a Boat afhore, with a Flag of Truce ; but, whin 
they came near the Village, they were very much furprifed 
to find the Inhabitants had Set Fire to their Floufes, and were 
run away. The Boat’s Crew cut down fome Cocoa-tfecs, 
and, having gathered their Fruit, were coming on board, 
when a Party of Indians Sallied from behind fome Bullies, 
as if they intended to have attacked them ; but, upon Set- 
ting up the Flag of Truce, they ordered one of their People 
to peel a Wand, that it might appear white; and then they 
conferred in a friendly Manner together. This good Cor- 
respondence continued, with a free Trade on both Sides, to 
the 1 7th, when the Indians , without the leaft Provocation, 
attacked the Englijh fuddenly ; who, defending themfelves 
with their Fire-arms, killed fome, wounded many, and 
efcaped without Hurt themfelves. 
10. On the 19th, the Spanifro Governor of the Ifland of 
Guam came down to a Point of Land not far from the Ship, 
and fent his Boat aboard with three Copies of the fame 
Letter in Spanijh , French , and Dutch , Signifying, that, as 
an Officer of the King of Spain , he defrred to know, who 
they were, whence they came, and whither they w^ere bound. 
Captain Eaton wrote the Governor a very civil Anfwer in 
French , in which he told him, that they were fitted out by 
fome Gentlemen in France to make Difcoveries ; and that 
he came thither for the fake of Provifions. The Meffenger 
no Sooner delivered this Letter, than he was difpatched back 
with another Epiftle, affuring the Captain, that he was very 
welcome, and defiring him to come afhore, and confer with 
the Governor. This Invitation was accordingly accepted. 
Captain Eaton landing with a Guard of twenty Men double- 
armed. As foon as he Set Foot on Shore, the Spanijh Go- 
vernor Saluted him with a general Difcharge of his Fire- 
arms ; to which Captain Eaton anfwered, by firing ten 
Guns. The Conference was managed with great Candour 
and Civility on both Sides. Captain Eaton excufed himfelf 
for killing the Indians , by affuring the Governor, that his 
People did it in their own Defence. To which the Gover- 
nor anfwered, that he readily believed it, the Indians being 
a bafe, treacherous and bloody People ; fo that he could not 
do him a greater Pleafure, than to kill them all. At parting, 
the Governor promifed him all the Accommodations the 
Country could afford ; and performed this Pro mile with the 
higheft Honour. On the 1.8 th at Noon, a Captain came on 
board from the Governor, and brought with him ten Flogs, a 
prodigious Quantity of Potatoes, Plantains, Oranges, Papas, 
and red Pepper. In Return for all this. Captain Eat cm fent 
the Governor a Diamond Ring worth twenty Pounds; and 
prefented each of the Gentlemen, who attended the Cap- 
tain, with a Sword. The next Day, the Governor fent 
another Captain, with two Ecclefiaftics, to defire the Favour 
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