Master _Ralph Merifield_ and others, having furnished this worthy Industrious Gentleman, {MN-1} he arrived at St. _Christophers,_ as is said, with fifteen Men, the 28th of _January_ 1623, _viz. William Tested, John Rhodes, Robert Bints,_ Mr. _Benifield,_ Sergeant _Jones,_ Mr. _Ware, William Ryle, Rowland Grascock,_ Mr. _Bond,_ Mr. _Langley,_ Mr. _Weaver, Edward Warner,_ their Captain's Son, and now Deputy Governour, till his Father's return, Sergeant _Aplon,_ one Sailor and a Cook: At their arrival, they found three _French_ Men, who sought to oppose Captain _Warner,_ and to set the _Indians_ upon us; but at last we all became Friends, and lived with the _Indians_ a Month, then we built a Fort, and a House, and planting Fruits, by _September_ we made a crop of Tobacco; {MN-2} but upon the nineteenth of _September_ came a _Hericano_ and blew it away, all this while we lived upon Cassada Bread, Potatoes, Plantanes, Pines, Turtles, Guanes, and Fish plenty; for drink we had _Nicnobby._ * * * * * {MN-1} 1623. {MN-2} _A Hericano._ {MN} The 18th March 1624 arrived Captain _Jefferson,_ with three Men Passengers in the _Hopewell_ of _London,_ with some Trade for the _Indians,_ and then we had another crop of Tobacco, in the mean time the _French_ had planted themselves in the other end of the Isle; with this crop Captain _Warner_ returned for _England_ in _September_ 1625. * * * * * {MN} 1624. In his absence came in a _French_ Pinnace, under the command of _Monsieur de Nombe,_ that told us, the _Indians_ had slain some _French_ Men in other of the _Caribbe_ Isles, and that there were six Peryagoes, which are huge great Trees, formed as your Canoos, but so laid out on the sides with Boards, they will seem like a little Gally: {MN} Six of those, with about four or five hundred strange _Indians_ came unto us, we bade them be gone, but they would not; whereupon we and the _French_ joyned together, and upon the fifth of _November_ set upon them, and put them to flight: upon New years Even they came again, found three _English_ going about the Isle, whom they slew. * * * * * {MN} _Their Fight with the_ Indians. {MN-1} Until the fourth of _August,_ we stood upon our Guard, living upon the spoil and did nothing. But now Captain _Warner_ arriving again with near an hundred People, then we fell to work and planting as before; {MN-2} but upon the fourth of September, came such a Hericano, as blew down all our Houses, Tobacco, and two Drums into the air we know not whither, drove two Ships on Shoar that were both split; all our Provision thus lost, we were very miserable, living only on what we could get in the wild Woods, {MN-3} we made a small party of French and English to go aboard for Provision, but in their returning home, eight _French_ Men were slain in the Harbour. * * * * * {MN-1} 1625. {MN-2} _A Hericano._