La Relación - page 29
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La Relación - page 29
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could have inflicted much damage had they had a greater supply. During the last attack Captains Dorantes, Peñalosa and Téllez prepared an ambush with fifteen men, attacking them from the rear and forcing them to flee and leave us. The following morning I destroyed more than thirty of their canoes. These we used for protection against the north wind that lasted one entire day, causing us to endure much cold and not daring to put out to sea on account of the heavy storm.
When the storm was over, we set out once again and sailed for three days. Since we had brought little water and had very few vessels for carrying it, we once again needed it. Continuing on our way, we entered an estuary. Once in it, we saw an Indian canoe coming. When we called them, they came to us, and the Governor, whose boat they reached, asked them for water. They offered to give us some if we gave them something in which to carry it. And a Greek Christian named Dorotheo Theodoro, previously mentioned, said that he wanted to go with them. The Governor and others tried hard to stop him, but could not, since he insisted on going with them. He went and took with him a black man, and the Indians left hostages from their company. At night the Indians returned and brought us our vessels without water; neither did they bring the Christians they had taken with them. When they spoke to the hostages they had left, the hostages attempted to jump into the water, but our men in whose boat they were prevented them. So the Indians fled in their canoe and left us very sad and confounded at the loss of those two Christians.
CHAPTER TEN
Of Our Skirmish with the Indians
When the storm was over, we set out once again and sailed for three days. Since we had brought little water and had very few vessels for carrying it, we once again needed it. Continuing on our way, we entered an estuary. Once in it, we saw an Indian canoe coming. When we called them, they came to us, and the Governor, whose boat they reached, asked them for water. They offered to give us some if we gave them something in which to carry it. And a Greek Christian named Dorotheo Theodoro, previously mentioned, said that he wanted to go with them. The Governor and others tried hard to stop him, but could not, since he insisted on going with them. He went and took with him a black man, and the Indians left hostages from their company. At night the Indians returned and brought us our vessels without water; neither did they bring the Christians they had taken with them. When they spoke to the hostages they had left, the hostages attempted to jump into the water, but our men in whose boat they were prevented them. So the Indians fled in their canoe and left us very sad and confounded at the loss of those two Christians.
CHAPTER TEN
Of Our Skirmish with the Indians
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