Our General, Desirous To Have Some News
Of His Men Whom He Lost The Year Before, With Some Company With Him
Repaired With The Ship Boat To Commune Or Sign With Them For
Familiarity, Whereunto He Is Persuaded To Bring Them.
They at the
first show made tokens that three of his five men were alive, and
desired pen, ink, and paper, and that within three or four days they
would return, and, as we judged, bring those of our men which were
living with them.
They also made signs or tokens of their king, whom they called
Cacough, and how he was carried on men's shoulders, and a man far
surmounting any of our company in bigness and stature.
With these tokens and signs of writing, pen, ink, and paper were
delivered them, which they would not take at our hands, but being
laid upon the shore, and the party gone away, they took up; which
likewise they do when they desire anything for change of theirs,
laying for that which is left so much as they think will countervail
the same, and not coming near together. It seemeth they have been
used to this trade or traffic with some other people adjoining, or
not far distant from their country.
After four days some of them showed themselves upon the firm land,
but not where they were before. Our general, very glad thereof,
supposing to hear of our men, went from the island with the boat and
sufficient company with him.
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