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The two Indians who had remained with me now left, and the two boys who had come from Sao Joaquim ran away, leaving me alone in my glory, with my two "guardas" and two canoes. In vain I showed my axes, knives, beads, mirrors, and cloth, to every passing Indian ; not one could be induced to go with me, and I might probably have remained prisoner there for months, had not Senhor Victorino, the " Juiz de Paz," arrived, and also Bernado, my old pilot, who had left me at Jauarite, and had now been down to Sao Joaquim. Between them, after a delay of several more days, some Indians were persuaded to receive payment to go with me as far as Castanheiro, where I hoped to get Capitao Ricardo to order them on to Barra.