On Thursday The 14th Of February, The Lieutenant Went Into The Country
With 40 Men, A Boat Following With 14 More.
The next day they came to the
river Urira seven leagues west from Belem.
The cacique came a league out
of this town to meet him with 20 men, and presented him with such things
as they feed on, and some gold plates were exchanged here. This cacique
and his chief men never ceased putting a dry herb into their mouths, which
they chewed and sometimes they took a sort of powder which they carried
along with that herb, which singular custom astonished our people very
much[14]. Having rested here a while, the Christians and Indians went to
the town, where they were met by great numbers of people, had a large
house appointed for their habitation, and were supplied with plenty of
provisions. Soon after came the cacique of Dururi, a neighbouring town,
with a great many Indians, who brought some gold plates to exchange. All
these Indians said that there were caciques farther up the country who had
abundance of gold, and great numbers of men armed as ours were. Next day
the lieutenant ordered part of his men to return to the ships, and with 30
whom he retained, beheld on his journey to Zobraba, where the fields for
six leagues were all full of maize like corn fields. Thence he went to
Cateba another town, and was well entertained at both places with
abundance of provisions, and some gold plates were bartered.
Enter page number
PreviousNext
Page 334 of 789
Words from 93645 to 93902
of 219607
