When our Men found this, it made their Hearts relent, and Pity mov'd them, especially the Spaniard Governour, who was a molt gentlemanly generous minded Man, as ever I met with in my Life; and he propos'd, if poffible, to take one of them alive, and bring him to understand what they meant, fo far as to be able to act as Interpreter, and to go among them and fee if they might be brought to fome Conditions, that might be depended upon to fave their Lives, and do us no Spoil.

It was fome while before any of them could be taken, but being weak and half-ftarv'd, one of them was at laft furpriz'd and made a Prifoner; he was fullen at firft, and would neither eat or drink, but finding himself kindly ufed, and Victuals given him, and no Violence offer'd him, he at laft grew tractable and came to himself.

They brought old Friday to him, who talk'd often with him, and told him how kind the other would be to them all, that they would not only fave their Lives, but would give them a Part of the Ifland to live in, provided they would give Satisfaction that they would keep in their own Bounds, and not come beyond it, to injure or prejudice others, and that they fhould have Corn given them, to plant and make it grow for their Bread, and fome Bread given them for their prefent Subfiftence; and old Friday bad the Fellow go and talk with the rest of his Countrymen, and fee what they faid to it, affuring them, that if they did not agree iminediately, they should be all destroy'd. 1 4

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The poor Wretches thoroughly humbled, and reduc'd in Number to about 37, clofed with the Propofal at the first offer, and begg'd to have fome Food given them; upon which, twelve Spaniards and two English Men wellarm'd, with three Indian Slaves, and old Friday, march'd to the Place where they were, the three Indian Slaves carry'd them a large Quantity of Bread; fome Rice boil'd up to Cakes, and dry'd in the Sun; and three live Goats; and they were order'd to go to the Side of a Hill, where they fat down, eat the Provifions very thankfully, and were the most faithful Fellows to their Words, that could be thought of; for, except when they came to beg Victuals and Dire&tions, they never came out of their Bounds; and there they liv'd when I came to the lfland, and I went to see them.

They had taught them both to plant Corn, make Bread, breed tame Goats and milk them; they wanted nothing but Wives, and they foon would have been a Nation. They were confin'd to a Neck of Land, furrounded with high Rocks behind them, and lying plain_towards the Sea before them, on the South-eaft Corner of the Island: They had Land enough, and it was very good and fruitful; they had a Piece of Land about a Mile and half broad, three or four Mile in length,

Our Men taught them to make wooden Spades, fuch as I made for my self, and gave them among them twelve Hatchets, and three or four Knives, and there they liv'd the moft

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fubjected innocent Creatures that ever were heard of.

After this, the Colony enjoy'd a perfec Tranquillity with refpect to the Savages, till I came to revifit them, which was above two Years: Not, but that now and then fome Canoes of Savages came on Shore for their triumphal unnatural Feafts, but as they were of feveral Nations, and perhaps had never heard of thofe that came before, or the Reafon of it, they did not make any Search or Enquiry after their Countrymen, and if they had, it would have been very hard to have found them out.

Thus, I think, I have given a full Account of all that happen'd to them, to my return, at least that was worth Notice. The Indians or Savages were wonderfully civilliz'd by them, and they frequently went among them, but forbid on Pain of Death, any one of the Indians coming to them, because they would not have their Settlement betray'd again.

One Thing was very remarkable, (viz.) that they taught the Savages to make Wicker-work, or Baskets; but they foon out-did their Masters; for they made abundance of moft ingenious Things in Wicker-work; particularly, all forts of Baskets, Sieves, Bird-Cages, Cup-boards, &c. as alfo Chairs to fit on, Stools, Beds, Couches, and abundance of other Things, being very ingenious at fuch Work, when they were once put in the way of it.

My coming was a particular Relief to thefe People, because we furnished them with Knives,

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Sciffers, Spades, Shovels, Pick-axes, and all Things of that kind which they could want.

With the Help of thefe Tools, they were fo very handy, that they came at laft to build up their Huts, or Houfes, very handsomely; radling or working it up like Basket-work all the way round, which was a very extraordinary Piece of Ingenuity, and look'd very odd, but was an exceeding good Fence, as well against Heat, as against all forts of Vermine, and our Men were so taken with it, that they got the wild Savages to come and do the like for them; fo that when I came to fee the two English Mens Colonies, they look'd at a distance, as if they liv'd all, like Bees in a Hive; and as for W. Atkins, who was now become a very induftrious neceffary and fober Fellow, he had made himself fuch a Tent of Basket-work as I believe was never feen; it was 120 Paces round in the out-fide, as I meafur'd by my Steps; the Walls were as close work'd as a Basket in Pannels, or Squares of 32 in Number, and very ftrong, ftanding about feven Foot high; in the middle was another, not above 22 Paces round, but built ftronger, being Eight-fquare in its Form, and in the eight Corners ftood eight very strong Pofts, round the top of which he laid ftrong Pieces pinn'd together with wooden Pins, from which he rais'd a Piramid for a Roof of eight Rafters, very handfome I affure you, and join'd together very well, tho' he had no Nails, and only a few Iron Spikes, which he made himfelf too, out of the old Iron that I had left there; and indeed this Fellow fhew'd abundance of Ingenuity in feveral Things, which he had no Knowledge of; he made him a Forge, with

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a pair of wooden Bellows to blow the Fire; he made himself Charcoal for his Work, and he form'd out of one of the Iron Crows, a middling good Anvil to hammer upon; in this manner he made many Things, but especially Hooks, Staples and Spikes, Bolts and Hinges; but to return to the House, after he had pitch'd the Roof of his inner-moft Tent, he work'd it up between the Rafters with Basket-work, fo firm, and thatch'd that over again fo ingeniously with Rice-ftraw, and over that a large Leaf of a Tree, which cover'd the Top, that his House was as dry as if it had been til'd or flated. Indeed he own'd that the Savages made the Basket-work for him.

The outer Circuit was cover'd, as a Lean too, all round this inner Appartment, and long Rafters lay from the two and thirty Angles to the top Pofts of the inner Houfe, being about 20 Foot diftant; fo that there was a Space like a Walk within the outer Wicker-wall, and without the inner, near 20 Foot wide.

The inner Place he partition'd off with the fame Wicker-work, but much fairer, and divided it into fix Appartments, fo that he had fix Rooms on a Floor; and out of every one of these there was a Door, first into the Entry or Coming into the Main-tent, and another Ďoor into the Space or Walk that was round it; fo that Walk was also divided into fix equal Parts, which ferv'd not only for Retreat, but to ftore up any Neceffaries which the Family had occafion for. Thefe fix Spaces not taking up the whole Circumference, what other Appartments the outer Circle had, were thus order'd: As foon

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