Also in an unhappy hour did _Johannes Pontæus_ put some of his Laundresses ashore on the Island _Guadalupa_, to wash some Linnen for him; for the Islanders coming on a sudden out of the Woods surpriz’d them, and forthwith killing without mercy, cut them in pieces, and carbonadoing, eat their broil’d Flesh hot from the Coals, while _Gonsalus Badajocius_ Sail’d with eighty Men Westerly, and having gone sixty Leagues he went ashore, and spent some days in vain, to Court the _Americans_ to a friendly correspondency; which whilst he was doing, he was recruited with fifty Men from _Daria_, Commanded by _Lodowick Mercado_: so both agreed together to travel over the Mountains to the _South Sea_. [Sidenote: Strange Slaves.] [Sidenote: Great Booty.] The Governor _Juana_, whose Jurisdictions abound in Gold, flying with most part of his Treasure, was never heard of, onely they took some of his Slaves, whose Faces were strangely Carv’d with sharp Fish-bones, the Wounds fill’d with red and black Powder, which so discolour’d the Flesh that it could never be got out. After that they travell’d through the Wilderness five days together, being onely met by some _Indians_ carrying _Maiz_, who signifi’d to them, that King _Periguete_ liv’d along the Sea-shore, and up into the Countrey the blind _Totonoga_; of both which they got an unvaluable Treasure of Gold. Amongst other Pieces of that rich Metal was one which weighed two pound. _Taracura_ rais’d in this Expedition eighteen thousand weight of Gold: and little less did they take out of the Territories belonging to the Princes _Pananome_, _Tabor_, _Cheru_, and _Scoria_: The Prisoners serv’d them in stead of Horses, they not being able to carry all the Gold themselves, the meanest Soldier having above three thousand Pounds _Sterling_ for his share. [Sidenote: Destruction of the _Spaniards_.] They were now got to _Panza_’s Kingdom, not without leaving sad remarks, of their avarice and cruelties. When _Pariza_ surrounding this Party thus loaden with Gold, Charged so fiercely, that at the first Assault seventy of them were slain; those few that escap’d brought the tidings of their sad misfortune to _Peter Arias_. Amongst those that escaping return’d, was _Franciscus Delapuente_, whose observations concerning catching Parrots and wild Fowl, we will briefly relate, the digression being but short. [Sidenote: A strange way to catch Parrots.]