It Was Also Our Intention To Refit Our
Ships There, And Not To Go Near The Main, Our Ships Being
Out of order,
and our men very weak and sickly, several of them having already died.
We accordingly sailed on
The 27th, and in another conversation on the
30th, it was agreed to go first to Gorgono, to see if there were any
English ships there; and afterwards to sail for Maugla, Malaga, or
Madulinar,[225] where there are some Indians at enmity with the
Spaniards, who, as the pilots informed us, come seldom there, and were
not likely to procure any intelligence of us from thence. They told us
also, if we could induce the Indians to trade with us, we might have
hogs, fowls, plantains, bananas, and other refreshments.
[Footnote 225: The island of Gorgona is on the coast of New Granada, in
lat. 2 deg. 54' N. and long. 78 deg. 35' W.]
While on our course towards Gorgona, the Duchess took the San Thoma de
Villa nova of ninety tons, having about forty people on board,
including eleven negro slaves, and but little European goods, except
some cloth and iron. Next day we made the island of Gorgona,[226] and
on the 8th of June our boats brought in another prize, a small bark of
fifteen tons belonging to a creek on the main. She was bound to
Guayaquil, having ten Spaniards and Indians on board, and some negroes,
but had very little cargo, except a small quantity of gold dust and a
large gold chain, together of about 500l. value, which were secured
aboard the Duchess.
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