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Show A Rel/122m of the Spanill‘! liar/{qty and Crnclfier in the Well-Indies. a new dii'lribution or the (ix/"c ,ll:edt0(;k to -5117make y Planks and. pieces of Timbe‘ ibr the Luildingr of Vehhls. and save a greater nuinner to there he 18.5%.qu . and \Vax in the Mountains, Where they were de- go awa from thofe forwhom he han no on 32:3, '1"iiskehennin¢: and changing of Slaves cttanon a a very fT,,"in»: ":3ny‘ one Year 7 therkex l)Cil! " «.1 al} . t~ rent 1,, endea"no grea fmall Crop on tne ground. SllLi'f‘Ji/iilllfi/il‘tu 1 1 gr 'l‘hey i'orc'd "em. to go and feek for Honey vour'd by Tygers: Women big with Child were not exempted from thefe hard Services, and o ten perilh'd together with their Fruit, under the prefihre of this rigorous Slavery. vourvd to fupply this deteét by taking troint‘ie hn. That which contrihnted yet farther tonnpeople diam all the Corn and other Provnions Whicat ey had laid up in ftore tor the Subhizente of then this Province, was the liberty the Spaniards tool: to Align the Cities and Fields round 'em are-like pleafant Gardens, which the Spaniards cultivated according to the {hare each one had allign'd lnmb}I Months, or as often as he thou-id give exact of the Caciqzter, and Families. This Diforder produc'd a tunnel among number-oi" Slaves. This rieheit Indians, a great kind of Tribute was an'enn, which deltroy'd above thirty thouiand‘teople. thoriz‘d by the Gover nor, and levied with a great There was one Woman to Intolerably prefs d wlilth deal of Severity 3 for he threat en'd to burn Hunger, that {he lnll'd her Child to appeafe er if they 'ail'd to fend him a Recruit of lift] Slaves . . etite. every three order: tho the Indians have no great number of Slaves ordinarily, and ytis much if a Canines has three or four among his lot : and to fave their own Revenues, they {edit};- had two Children, other Domeiticks. If a Father the Spaniards would take away on the Stores that belongyd to the Indians, and 1in one of them, or two if he had three: The Parents at their Charge, devouring in a few days what their Inuit fuhmit , with how great Relufizanry faeverg, but poor Jeople had been a long, tiine‘gettinfl‘together their Child ren were not ravilhid from iein without with a great deal of Care and 'ioil. l. nere was abundance of Tears and dolorons Complaints; for no Spaniard but had an Eitate of his own, and kept they have a very tender Afl'eé‘tion to their 0&1 abundance of Indians in his Route to manure hi fpring, and breed 'ein up with abundance of Care. 1 and, and to do other Domeflick Bulinels :. and 110116 This kind of Tribute being often extorted, all this of thele were exempted from Slavery, their TNobles. King dom was in a few years depepnlated, There their Women and Children were made to work day arriv'd five or fix Ships here every year, which were and night for the advantage of the Spaniara's,vvh0 laden with Slaves, whom they tranliaorted into exai‘ted Tasks of 7em quite beyond their Strength Pm: and Panama, and there fold 'eni,~ where they and miferahly wore 'em out with excels of Labour died in a little time; for it has been confirm'd by and Ha rd lhip. They drove 'em out of their Monies many Experiments, that thoih Jizzham that are tran : and took polleflien of "em; they fei7,'d their Goods ported from their Native Country into other Cli- 13M limils, and inltantly confum'd their Provrhqni inats, feldom lire long: And that which contrh 13"" Tfi‘k'll'mh‘u'i "em to extreme necehity. Many or en hated to kill "cm the tower, was the neglee‘t of l'updy'd under The heavy Burdens they oblig'd "em to plying 'em with liiiiicien: Silii‘tllfln'o'fi', and the ex(any on their Shoulders as far as the Port, which. V733 celllve Labou r with whi it they were over-charg'd. 350W: 30 Leagues; for hither they made 7emp13% i a in |