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
Of the large, rich, and beautifull empire of Guiana, with a
relation of the great and golden citie of Manoa (which the
spaniards call El Dorado) and the prouinces of Emeria,
Aromaia, Amapaia, and other countries, with their riuers
adioyning. Performed in the yeere 1595 by Sir Walter Ralegh
Knight, captaine of her Maiesties Guard, Lorde Warden of the
Stanneries, and Her Highnesse Lieutenant Generall of the
countie of Corne-Wall. 428
NAUIGATIONS, VOYAGES, TRAFFIQUES, AND DISCOUERIES
OF THE
ENGLISH NATION IN AMERICA.
(Continuation of Part II.)
Virginia richly valued, by the description of the maine land of
Florida, her next neighbour: out of the foure yeeres continuall
trauell and discouerie, for aboue one thousand miles east and
west, of Don Ferdinando de Soto and sixe hundred able men in his
companie.--(_Continued._)
Chap. XXV.
How the Gouernour departed from Pacaha to Quigaute, and to Coligoa,
and came to Cayas.
The Gouernour rested in Pacaha fortie daies. In all which time the two
Caciques serued him with great store of fish, mantles and skinnes, and
stroue who should doe him greatest seruice. At the time of his
departure, the Cacique of Pacaha gaue him two of his sisters, saying
that in signe of loue that hee might remember him, he should take them
for his wiues: the ones name was Macanoche, and the others Mochila; they
were well proportioned, tall of bodie, and well fleshed. Macanoche was
of a good countenance, and in her shape and physiognimie looked like a
Ladie; the other was strongly made. The Casiqui of Casqui commanded the
bridge to be repaired, and the Gouernour returned through his Country,
and lodged in a field neere his towne, whither hee came with great store
of fish, and two women, which hee exchanged with two Christians for
shirts. He gaue vs a guide and men for carriages. The Gouernour lodged
at a towne of his, and the next day at another neere a Riuer, whither he
caused canoes to be brought for him to passe ouer, and with his leaue
returned. The Gouernour tooke his iourney toward Quigaute. The fourth of
August, he came to the towne, where the Cacique vsed to keepe his
residencie: on the way he sent him a present of many mantles and
skinnes, and not daring to stay for him in the towne, he absented
himselfe. The towne was the greatest that was seene in Florida. The
Gouernour and his people lodged in the one halfe of it; and within few
daies, seeing the Indians became liars, he commanded the other halfe to
be burned, because it should not bee a shelter for them, if they came to
assault him by night, nor an hindrance to his horsemen for the resisting
of them. There came an Indian very well accompanied with many Indians,
saying, that he was the Cacique.
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