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 wandred sometimes all together, sometimes two and two and sometimes one alone about the Island,- meeting with many hdians % who did us no hurt, hut rather like Children faqnerj upon us, offering us of their fruits, and begging of u a tohacfoiver ioits of pins, points cr gloves they efpied about u yVe ventured to go to (orne of their houfes which ftood by a plcafanc River, and were by them kindly entertained, eating of their Fifh, and wild Deer's Elefh. About noon we chanced to rpeet with fome of the Jefuites of Santa Gertrudü Ship in the midi]: of the Mountain, who were very earncfl jn talk with a Mulatto all naked like the reft of the Indians. This Mulatto was a Chnftian, born in Sev'tl in fyain, and was ¿aw, and fpoke the Spanijh Language very perfectly, ?Q.ne twelve years before, he had run away from his Matter py reafón of hard and flavifh uiage, and haying got to Cale^ efftring his feryiceto a Gentleman then hound for America^ ¿he Qendeman fearing not that his erue Mailer fhould ever háv| rpore notice of him from a new World, took him a $hip bb^rd with him as his flave. The LMaUtto remembring the many fry ¡pes which he had fuffered from his firft cruel Mailer, and fearing that from Africa he might by Torne in- telligence or other Befent back again to Spah, and alio jealous of his fecond Planer (whofe blows he had beqm to fuffer in the Ship) that he would prove as cruel as his firft; when the Ships arrived at Gnadafape.xúohzd father to die amongft the Indian^ (which he knew m ght be his harden fortune) then ever more to live in i]a very under Spaniards, So carting his life upon good or bad fortune* he hid himfelf among the Tiees in the ftfountain till the Ships were departed, who after being found by the Indians^ and giving them fome toies which hehadgoc by ftealth'frcm his Mafter, he was en. er rained by them, thej? liking him, and he them. Thus continued this poorChri, fían ífcve among chufe Barbarians from year ro year; who fiad care to hide himfelf at the coming of the Spani[h Fleet yearly. In twelve years that he had thus continued amongi^ them, he had learned their Language) was Married to an India») by whom he had three Qhildien living. The Jefui^s f • : '" ■ ' ■ *V
 * iad been flave there formerly -to a rich Merchant his name