Among The Prisoners There Were Some Wives And Children Of The Cacique, And Some Inferior Chiefs, Who Said They Had A Great Treasure Concealed In The Adjoining Wood, And Offered To Give The Whole Of It For The Ransom Of Their Cacique And Themselves.

But the lieutenant would not listen to their proposals, and ordered Quibio, with his wives and children, and the

Principal people who had been made prisoners, to be immediately carried on board, before the country took the alarm, and remained with most of his men to go after the kindred and subjects of the captured cacique, many of whom had fled. John Sanchez of Cadiz, one of our pilots, and a man of good reputation, was appointed to take charge of the prisoners, and more especially of Quibio, who was bound hand and foot, and on being charged to take particular care that he might not escape, he said he would give them leave to pull his beard off if he got away. Sanchez and his prisoners embarked with an escort in the boats to go down the river of Veragua to the ships; and when within half a league of its mouth, Quibio complained that his hands were bound too tight, on which Sanchez compassionately loosened him from the seat of the boat to which he was tied, and held the rope in his hand. A little after this, observing that he was not very narrowly watched, Quibio sprung into the water, and Sanchez let go the rope that he might not be dragged in after him.

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