Part 2 (1/2)
When they caone, Atkins, who it seems was the forwardest man, called out to his comrade, ”Ha, Jack, here's the nest, but the birds are flown” They mused a while, to think what should be the occasion of their being gone abroad so soon, and suggested presently that the Spaniards had given them notice of it; and with that they shook hands, and swore to one another that they would be revenged of the Spaniards As soon as they had ain they fell to ith the poor , but they pulled down both their houses, and left not the least stick standing, or scarce any sign on the ground where they stood; they tore all their household stuff in pieces, and threw everything about in such a s a mile off When they had done this, they pulled up all the young trees which the poor men had planted; broke down an enclosure they had made to secure their cattle and their corn; and, in a word, sacked and plundered everything as completely as a horde of Tartars would have done
The two one to find theht theh they were but two to three; so that, had theytheive them their due
But Providence took more care to keep them asunder than they theed one another, when the three were gone thither, the tere here; and afterwards, when the tent back to find theain: we shall see their different conduct presently When the three cae which the work they had been about had put them into, they came up to the Spaniards, and told them what they had done, by way of scoff and bravado; and one of the up to one of the Spaniards, as if they had been a couple of boys at play, takes hold of his hat as it was upon his head, and giving it a twirl about, fleering in his face, says to hinior Jack Spaniard, shall have the same sauce if you do not h a quiet civil , well- no weapon in his hand, stepped gravely up to him, and, with one blow of his fist, knocked him down, as an ox is felled with a pole- axe; at which one of the rogues, as insolent as the first, fired his pistol at the Spaniard immediately; he h his hair, but one of them touched the tip of his ear, and he bled pretty much The blood made the Spaniard believe he was more hurt than he really was, and that put him into some heat, for before he acted all in a perfect calh with his work, he stooped, and taking the fellow'sto shoot the man who had fired at hi in the cave, ca to him not to shoot, they stepped in, secured the other two, and took their arms from them
When they were thus disarmed, and found they had made all the Spaniards their enean to cool, and giving the Spaniards better words, would have their ar the feud that was between thelishmen, and that it would be the bestone another, told them they would do them no harm, and if they would live peaceably, they would be very willing to assist and associate with the theain, while they appeared so resolved to do mischief with them to their own countrymen, and had even threatened theues were now quite deaf to all reason, and being refused their ar what they would do, though they had no firear, told them they should take care how they offered any injury to their plantation or cattle; for if they did they would shoot them as they would ravenous beasts, wherever they found them; and if they fell into their hands alive, they should certainly be hanged However, this was far fro like furies As soon as they were gone, the two h of another kind; for having been at their plantation, and finding it all demolished and destroyed, as above mentioned, it will easily be supposed they had provocation enough They could scarce have rooer to tell theh to find that three men should thus bully nineteen, and receive no punishment at all
The Spaniards, indeed, despised theht of their threatenings; but the two Englishainst them, what pains soever it cost to find them out But the Spaniards interposed here too, and told them that as they had disarmed them, they could not consent that they (the two) should pursue therave Spaniard, as their governor, ”ill endeavour to make them do you justice, if you will leave it to us: for there is no doubt but they will co not able to subsist without our assistance We pro full satisfaction for you; and upon this condition we hope you will promise to use no violence with thelishreat reluctance; but the Spaniards protested that they did it only to keep them from bloodshed, and to make them all easy at last ”For,”
said they, ”we are not so reat pity that we should not be all good friends” At length they did consent, and waited for the issue of the thing, living for some days with the Spaniards; for their own habitation was destroyed
In about five days' ti, and als all that while, ca overnor, and twoby the side of the creek, they caed to be received again into the society The Spaniards used them civilly, but told them they had acted so unnaturally to their countryrossly to themselves, that they could not colisho to them and discourse about it, and they should know in half-an-hour It uessed that they were very hard put to it; for, as they were to wait this half-hour for an answer, they begged they would send the at the saoat's flesh and a boiled parrot, which they ate very eagerly
After half-an-hour's consultation they were called in, and a long debate ensued, their two country then to murder them; all which they owned before, and therefore could not deny now Upon the whole, the Spaniards acted the lishmen not to hurt the three while they were naked and unaro and rebuild their felloo huts, one to be of the saer diain, plant trees in the roo corn, and, in a word, to restore everything to the same state as they found it, that is, as near as they could
Well, they subiven therew very orderly, and the whole society began to live pleasantly and agreeably together again; only that these three fellows could never be persuaded to work--I mean for themselves--except now and then a little, just as they pleased However, the Spaniards told them plainly that if they would but live sociably and friendly together, and study the good of the whole plantation, they would be content to work for them, and let the lived pretty well together for a ave theo abroad with them as before
It was not above a week after they had these aran to be as insolent and troublesome as ever However, an accident happened presently upon this, which endangered the safety of theed to lay by all private resentments, and look to the preservation of their lives
It happened one night that the governor, the Spaniard whose life I had saved, as now the governor of the rest, found hiet any sleep: he was perfectly well in body, only found his thoughts tu one another; but he was broad awake, and could not by any rowingso oat-skins laid thick upon such couches and pads as they made for the to rise, but to get upon their feet, and perhaps put on a coat, such as it was, and their puhts guided the dark, he could see little or nothing, and besides, the trees which I had planted, and which were non tall, intercepted his sight, so that he could only look up, and see that it was a starlight night, and hearing no noise, he returned and lay down again; but to no purpose; he could not cohts were to the last degree uneasy, and he knew not for what Havingout and co in, another of theovernor told him how it had been with his are not to be slighted, I assure you; there is certainly so near us;” and presently he asked hilishh” It seems the Spaniards had kept possession of the lishmen, who, since their last mutiny, were always quartered by themselves, and could not co in it, I am persuaded, from my own experience I am satisfied that our spirits eence fro the invisible world; and this friendly notice is given for our advantage, if we kne to o and look abroad; and if we find nothing at all in it to justify the trouble, I'll tell you a story to the purpose, that shall convince you of the justice of o up to the top of the hill, where I used to go; but they being strong, and a good coo up by the ladder, and pulling it up after the round through the grove unwarily, when they were surprised with seeing a light as of fire, a very little way fro the voices ofthe precautions I used to take on the savages landing on the island, it wasthe least discovery of there being any inhabitant upon the place: and when by any occasion they caot aere scarce able to give any account of it; for we disappeared as soon as possible, nor did ever any that had seen es in our last encounter who jumped into the boat; of who more help Whether it was the consequence of the escape of those ether, or whether they canorantly, and by accident, on their usual bloody errand, the Spaniards could not understand; but whatever it was, it was their business either to have concealed themselves or not to have seen thees have seen there were any inhabitants in the place; or to have fallen upon them so effectually as not a man of the in between the to thereat while
We need not doubt but that the governor and the ht, ran back i theer they were all in, and they again as readily took the alarm; but it was impossible to persuade them to stay close within where they were, but they s stood While it was dark, indeed, they were safe, and they had opportunity enough for soht of three fires they hadthey knew not, neither did they knohat to do themselves For, first, the eneether, but were divided into several parties, and were on shore in several places
The Spaniards were in no sht; and, as they found that the felloent straggling all over the shore, they made no doubt but, first or last, some of them would chop in upon their habitation, or upon some other place where they would see the token of inhabitants; and they were in great perplexity also for fear of their flock of goats, which, if they should be destroyed, would have been little less than starving the they resolved upon was to despatch three lishreat valley where the cave was, and, if need were, to drive them into the very cave itself
Could they have seen the savages all together in one body, and at a distance from their canoes, they were resolved, if there had been a hundred of them, to attack them; but that could not be done, for they were some of them two miles off from the other, and, as it appeared afterwards, were of two different nations
After having reat while on the course they should take, they resolved at last, while it was still dark, to send the old savage, Friday's father, out as a spy, to learn, if possible, so them, as what they came for, what they intended to do, and the like The oldhies were, away he went After he had been gone an hour or two, he brings word that he had been a them undiscovered, that he found they were two parties, and of two several nations, who had ith one another, and had a great battle in their own country; and that both sides having had several prisoners taken in the fight, they were, bytheir prisoners andso by chance to the sareat rage at one another, and were so near that he believed they would fight again as soon as daylight began to appear; but he did not perceive that they had any notion of anybody being on the island but the his story, when they could perceive, by the unusual noise they ed in a bloody fight Friday's father used all the arguments he could to persuade our people to lie close, and not be seen; he told the to do but lie still, and the savages would kill one another to their hands, and then the rest would go away; and it was so to a tittle But it was ilishmen; their curiosity was so importunate that they must run out and see the battle However, they used soo openly, just by their oelling, but went farther into the woods, and placed thee the fight, and, as they thought, not be seen by thees did see them, as we shall find hereafter
The battle was very fierce, and, if I lishmen, one of thereat bravery, of invincible spirit, and of great policy in guiding the fight
The battle, they said, held two hours before they could guess which party would be beaten; but then that party which was nearest our people's habitation began to appear weakest, and after soan to fly; and this put our reat consternation, lest any one of those that fled should run into the grove before their dwelling for shelter, and thereby involuntarily discover the place; and that, by consequence, the pursuers would also do the like in search of them Upon this, they resolved that they would stand arrove, they resolved to sally out over the wall and kill theive an account of it; they ordered also that it should be done with their swords, or by knocking the the an alarm by the noise
As they expected it fell out; three of the routed ar the creek, ran directly into the place, not in the least knohither they went, but running as into a thick wood for shelter The scout they kept to look abroad gave notice of this within, with this co addition, that the conquerors had not pursued theovernor, a itives, but sending three o round, come in behind them, and surprise and take them prisoners, which was done The residue of the conquered people fled to their canoes, and got off to sea; the victors retired,the shouts, ht ended; the same day, about three o'clock in the afternoon, they also marched to their canoes And thus the Spaniards had the island again free to thees for several years after
After they were all gone, the Spaniards ca the field of battle, they found about two-and-thirtyarrohich were found sticking in their bodies; but reat wooden swords, sixteen or seventeen of which they found in the field of battle, and as e, unwieldy things, and theymen that used them; most of those that were killed with them had their heads slish, their brains knocked out, and several their arht with inexpressible rage and fury We found not one man that was not stone dead; for either they stay by their enemy till they have killed him, or they carry all the wounded men that are not quite dead aith thelishht had filled them with horror, and the consequences appeared terrible to the last degree, especially upon supposing that some time or other they should fall into the hands of those creatures, ould not only kill them as enemies, but for food, as we kill our cattle; and they professed toeaten up like beef and h it was supposed it was not to be till they were dead, had so in it so horrible that it nauseated their very stoht of it, and filled their minds with such unusual terror, that they were not themselves for solish brutes I have been speaking of; and for a great while after they were tractable, and went about the coh--planted, sowed, reaped, and began to be all naturalised to the country But soain as brought thereat deal of trouble