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Show mrhvwlt)"9!r:.3mm\\lq away»: 1.".r... ma .‘ . r mirth. , \L~.I.1I i; an; :m- ‘ Ilvf ll E A Relatitw of the Spanifli Voyager and Crarities in the Welt-Indies; the Courtefy and Civility in the world, manifelled a great deal of Kindnefs in readily lnpplvmg "em with plenty of Provifions, andgavc em whatever 7em, or to fave 'em alive to employ "em in their Service. The Spaniards upon this went into their Villages and Towns, nd found thefe poor Indira: they could reafonably dehre. T he Spaniards lodg'd with their \Vives and Children bufy at their "\Vork, withOut the City the firft night, thinking they lhould not be fecure enough in a place fo well fortified. and in great leurity, believing they had no need to fear the S aniards would attack "em -, yet thefe blood- The next day they engag'd the Prince of the place to come out to 'em with the greateft part of the thirfly Men mallhcred 'em without pity. Perfons of Quality, obliging to bring with them bitants of which confiding in their Innocence,thou€§ht certain quantity of Gold. The hzdiam made mine thcmfelves in no great danger, but this whole Town that 'twas impoflible for them to do what waste- was deflroy'd in lefs than two hours, and the Maf- facre was to general, that no Age, nor Sex, nor 42' quir'd, becaufe their Country did not yield this Me. tal. However this refufal f0 mov'd the Indignation of the Spaniards, that for no other Offence, without .1. I , "7‘7le 43 After this they went to another great Town, the Inha- Quality met with Pity, but all were put to the Sword, unlefs fuch as fled before the arrival of the any formal Procefs, they call; "em all alive intoi great Fire. The molt confiderable Inhabitants 01 Spmziara's. thefe Provinces, feeing their Malters f0 cruelly by their Patience, their Submillions, or their Prel'ents treated, only becaufe they gave not the Spaniards to foften the cruel and favage Temper of the Spa.- all the Gold they demanded, retir'd with all {peed into the Mountains, ordering the common People to fubmit to the Spaniards as their Matters, and giving 'em a drift charge by no means to give the leaft notice of the places where they were gone to mardr, who cut their Throats without any reafon, hide themfelves. Abundance of thefe poor People came accordingly to the Spaniards, begging of W to receive The Indians at length finding it impoffible either or any fentiment of Pity, refolv'd to get together in a body, and take Arms to defend themfelves: for feeing Death was inevitable to "em, and become a ne- celliiry Evil, they chofe rather to die with Weapons in their hands, thereby to fell their Lives at as dear a rate as they could, and to revenge themfelves as much as polii'ole on their l'erfecutors, than to fuffer them into the number of their ServantS, and promihng to ferve 'em faithfully as far as they were capable. The Spanilh Commander roughly their 'l‘hroats to be cut like Sheep without making any refii'tance. They wanted cffeétual Arms, they anfwer'd "em, that he would not fo receive 'em: but cut 'em to pieces much inferior to that of their Enemies'7 they had without Mercy, unlefs they would diicorer the places whither their Malter s were re: treated, the Indians replied, they did not knOWj lEO‘fJCVCI‘ they readily offer'd themfelves, the1r "fires and Children to their Service 5 and faid, thel would continue in their Houfes expefiing their Orn ders, they further told "em, they might treat "em were quite naked, and knew their Strength was no Horfes, nor did they underftand the ufe of "em in Battel: they had to do with a furious and warlik e Enemy that gave 'em no quarter, and delign 'd no- thing but their Extirpation. They therefore though t it necellhry to ufe Stratagems: it came into their heads to make Pits up and down the ways by which ‘43 they PM", 'tvvas in their power either to kill the Spaniards were to pafs, and to cover 'em with 'em, Straw |