The _Chileses_ unsufferably oppress’d, slew all the _Spanish_ Garrison, and into the Governor’s Mouth and Ears pour’d melted Gold; of his Skull they made a Drinking-cup, and of his Shin-bones, Trumpets; after this, the City fell almost to decay, onely a great part of the Wall remain’d yet standing: The _Chileans_ hereupon flock’d hither by thousands, some on Horses, others on Foot, all Arm’d with Lances of a Foot long: _Herkman_ hereupon informing them by an Interpreter, that they being mortal Enemies of the _Spaniards_, would joyn with the _Chileans_ against that common Foe; and desir’d, that they might build a Fort on the Market-place in _Baldivia_, for a defence against all Invasions, and that they might be supply’d with Provisions which the Fleet wanted; all which the _Chileans_ granted, and accordingly brought in store of Sheep, Hogs, and Cattel: But so soon as _Herkman_ began to make the least mention of Gold, they were all abash’d, and said, that they knew of no Gold Mines, nay, their Hair stood an end, when they heard the name of Gold; so horribly the _Spaniards_ had dealt with their Parents: After this, the _Chileans_ growing more and more strange, did not in the least countenance the building of the Fort, and the longer the Fleet staid, the less Provisions they brought aboard; upon which, the Ships were necessitated, without any remarkable Exploits, to set Sail and return to _Reciffo_. [Illustration] [Illustration] The Second Book, CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF NORTHERN AMERICA CHAP. I. _Of the Bounds of_ America, _and of the Division of the_ Mexican _or Northern part thereof_. [Sidenote: The Bounds and Division of _Northern America_.]