The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14: America, Part IIIHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14: America, Part III
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
And thus our Generall departed to his ship, and we remained on land,
where for our safeties, fearing the wild Indians that were about vs, we
kept watch all night, and at Sunne rising wee marched on our way, three
and three in a ranke, vntill that we came into a fielde vnder a groue,
where the Indians came vpon vs, asking vs what people we were, and how
we came there. Two of our company, namely Anthony Goddard and Iohn
Cornish, for that they could speake the Spanish tongue, went to them and
said wee were Englishmen, that neuer came in that countrey before, and
that we had fought with the Spaniards, and for that we lacked victuals,
our Generall set vs on shore: they asked vs whither we intended to goe,
we said to Panuco. The Captaine of the Indians willed vs to giue vnto
them some of our clothes and shirts, which we did: then he bad vs giue
them all, but we would not so doe, whereupon Iohn Cornish was then
slaine with an arrow, which an Indian boy that stoode by the Captaine
shot at him, wherefore hee stroke the boy on the necke with his bow,
that he lay for dead, and willed vs to follow him, who brought vs into a
great fielde where we found fresh water: hee bad vs sit downe about the
pond and drinke, and he with his company would goe in the meane space to
kill fiue or sixe Deere, and bring them vs. We taryed there till three
of the clocke, but they came not: there one of our company whose name
was Iohn Cooke, with foure other departed from vs into a groue to seeke
reliefe, where presently they were taken by the Indians, and stript as
naked as euer they were borne, and so returned to vs.
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