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 21. of August the Master sent the boate on shore for wood with sixe of
his men, and there were one and thirtie of the people of the countrey which
went on shore to them, and they went about to kill them as we thought, for
they shot their dartes towards them, and we that were aboord the ship, did
see them goe on shore to our men: whereupon the Master sent the pinnesse
after them, and when they saw the pinnesse comming towards them, they
turned backe, and the Master of the pinnesse did shoote off a caliuer to
them the same time, but hurt none of them, for his meaning was onely to put
them in feare. [Sidenote: Our men play at footeball with the Sauages.]
Diuers times they did waue vs on shore to play with them at the football,
and some of our company went on shore to play with them, and our men did
cast them downe as soone as they did come to strike the ball. And thus much
of that which we did see and do in that harborough where we arriued first.
The 23. day wee departed from the Merchants Isle, where wee had beene
first, and our course from thence was South and by West, and the wind was
Northeast, and we ran that day and night about 5. or 6. leagues, vntill we
came to another harborough.
The 24. about eleuen of the clocke in the forenoone wee entred into the
aforesayd new harborow, and as wee came in, we did see dogs running vpon
the Islands. When we were come in, there came to vs foure of the people
which were with vs before in the other harborough, and where we rode, we
had sandie ground. [Sidenote: Sweete wood found.] We saw no wood growing,
but found small pieces of wood vpon the Islands, and some small pieces of
sweete wood among the same. We found great Harts hornes, but could see none
of the Stagges where we went, but we found their footings. As for the bones
which we receiued of the Sauages I cannot tell of what beasts they be.
The stones that we found in the countrey were black, and some white, as I
think they be of no value, neuerthelesse I haue brought examples of them to
you.
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