The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part IHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part I
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
The 24. of August, the Generall with two Pinnesses and good numbers of men
went to Beares sound, commanding the sayde Captaine with his Pinnesse to
attend the seruice, to see if he could encounter or apprehend any of the
people: for sundry times they shewed themselues busie thereabouts,
sometimes with seuen or eyght Boates in one company, as though they minded
to encounter with our company which were working there at the Mines, in no
great numbers. [Sidenote: None of the people will be taken.] But when they
perceiued any of our Shippes to ryde in that roade (being belike more
amazed at the countenance of a Shippe, and a more number of men) they did
neuer shewe themselues againe there at all. Wherefore our men sought with
their Pinnesses to compasse about the Iland where they did vse, supposing
there suddenly to intercept some of them. But before our men could come
neere, hauing belike some watch in the toppe of the mountaines, they
conueyed themselues priuilly away, and left (as it should seeme) one of
their great dartes behinde them for haste, which we found neere to a place
of their caues and housing. Therefore, though our Generall were very
desirous to haue taken some of them to haue brought into England, they
being now growen more wary by their former losses, would not at any time
come within our dangers. About midnight of the same day, the captaine of
the Anne Francis departed thence and set his course ouer the straights
towards Hattons Hedland, being about 15. leagues ouer, and returned aboord
his Shippe the 25. of August to the great comfort of his company, who long
expected his comming, where hee found his Shippes ready rigged and loden.
Wherefore he departed from thence againe the next morning towards the
Countesses sound, where he arriued the 28. of the same. By the way he set
his Miners ashore at Beares sound, for the better dispatch and gathering
the Ore togither; for that some of the ships were behind hand with their
fraight, the time of the yeere passing suddenly away.
The thirtieth of August the Anne Francis was brought aground, and had 8.
great leakes mended which she had receiued by meanes of the rockes and yce.
[Sidenote: A house builded and left there.] This day the Masons finished a
house which Captaine Fenton caused to be made of lyme and stone vpon the
Countesse of Warwickes Island, to the ende we might proue against the next
yeere, whither the snow could ouerwhelme it, the frost brake it vp, or the
people dismember the same. And the better to allure those brutish and
vnciuill people to courtesie against other times of our comming, we left
therein diuers of our Countrey toyes, as belles, and kniues, wherein they
specially delight, one for the necessary vse, and the other for the great
pleasure thereof. Also pictures of men and women in lead, men on
horsebacke, looking glasses, whistles, and pipes. Also in the house was
made an Ouen, and bread left baked therein for them to see and taste.
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