This
Probably Was The Signal For The Rest, For They Immediately Began The
Attack On Our People On The Spar-Deck.
The general, with Messrs Glascock
and Tindal, and one or two more, happened to be there at the time,
And
had the good fortune to kill four or five of the white rogues, and
made such havoc among the rest that at length they slew near forty of
them, and brought the rest under subjection. A little before this, our
master had proposed to the general to buy from them some garavances,
or pease, the ordinary food of the country, if they had any for sale,
and then to set them at liberty with their boats and goods. To this the
general had agreed, and the master, as before mentioned, had called the
Moorish pilot, to see if he had any skill in charts. But as they had
treacherously attacked us, we certainly could do no otherwise now than
slay them in our own defence. Five or six of them, however, leapt
overboard, and recovered a pangaia by their astonishing swiftness in
swimming, and escaped on shore, as they swam to windward faster than our
pinnace could row.
In this skirmish only three of our men were hurt, namely, Mr Glascock,
Mr Tindal, and our master.[281] The first had two wounds, one of which
was very deep in the back. When they commenced the attack, Mr Tindal had
no weapon in his hand, and one of them aimed to stab him in the breast;
but as he turned suddenly round, he received the wound on his arm.
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