[Footnote 242: Ibid., No. 1085; Beeston's Journal. Mansfield was the buccaneer whom Exquemelin disguises under the name of "Mansvelt."] [Footnote 243: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, Nos. 1130, 1132-37.] [Footnote 244: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, Nos. 1129, 1263.] [Footnote 245: Ibid., Nos. 1144, 1264.] [Footnote 246: Ibid., Nos. 1138, 1144.] [Footnote 247: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, No. 1264, slightly condensed from the original.] [Footnote 248: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, Nos. 1142, 1147. The Governor of Havana wrote concerning this same exploit, that on Christmas Eve of 1665 the English entered and sacked the town of Cayo in the jurisdiction of Havana, and meeting with a vessel having on board twenty-two Spaniards who were inhabitants of the town, put them all to the sword, cutting them to pieces with hangers. Afterwards they sailed to the town of Bayamo with thirteen vessels and 700 men, but altering their plans, went to Sancti Spiritus, landed 300, plundered the town, cruelly treated both men and women, burnt the best houses, and wrecked and desecrated the church in which they had made their quarters. (S.P. Spain, vol. 49, f. 50.) Col. Beeston says that Mansfield conducted the raid; but according to the Spanish account to which Duro had access, the leader was Pierre Legrand. (Duro, _op. cit._, v. p. 164).] [Footnote 249: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, No. 1147; Beeston's Journal. Beeston reports that after a six weeks' search for Mansfield and his men he failed to find them and returned to Jamaica.] [Footnote 250: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, No. 1213.] [Footnote 251: Exquemelin, however, says that he had 500 men. If he attacked Providence Island with only 200 he must have received reinforcements later.] [Footnote 252: Duro, _op. cit._, v. p. 167; S.P. Spain, vol. 49, f. 50. The accounts that have come down to us of this expedition are obscure and contradictory. Modyford writes of the exploit merely that "they landed 600 men at Cape Blanco, in the kingdom of Veragua, and marched 90 miles into that country to surprise its chief city, Cartago; but understanding that the inhabitants had carried away their wealth, returned to their ships without being challenged." (C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, No. 1213.) According to Exquemelin the original goal of the buccaneers was the town of Nata, north of Panama. The Spanish accounts make the numbers of the invaders much greater, from 800 to 1200.] [Footnote 253: C.S.P. Colon., 1661-68, No. 1263.]