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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58447	A relation of the invasion and conquest of Florida by the Spaniards under the command of Fernando de Soto written in Portuguese by a gentleman of the town of Elvas, now Englished. To which is subjoyned two journeys of the present Emperour of China into Tartary in the years 1682 and 1683 : with some discoveries made by the Spaniards in the island of California, in the year 1683.	Gentleman of the town of Elvas.	1686 (1686)	Wing R840; ESTC R24492	132,830	290

he had done in this life and that his Divine Goodness in taking him out of this world did him the grace to allow him his Senses to the last though he was unworthy of that mercy yet he most humbly thanked the Almighty for it that he acknowledged he was exceedingly obliged to them all as well present as absent for the affection and fidelity they had shew'd towards him which he had proved by all the misfortunes and pains they had so generously endured that he had always wished he might have been able to have shew'd them his gratitude by Rewards suitable to their Merit had it pleased God to have setled him in a more happy condition that he begg'd them to pray to God for him that through his infinite mercy his sins might be forgiven and his Soul received into Glory that they would take back the charge that they had given him and which he resigned up into their hands and that they whom he might have offended would be so good as to grant him the pardon which he beg'd of them that to all his other Prayers he added this one more That they would in his presence chuse some Person of Quality that might be fit to Command them in his place to the satisfaction of all to the end they might prevent the divisions that after his death might arise on that occasion and that having chosen one they would take an Oath to obey him That as that was the last favour he desired of them so it would be the most grateful unto him seeing it would mitigate his grief and trouble for leaving them in a barbarous and unknown Country Balthazar de Gallegos being desired by all the company to answer this Discourse began by motives of Consolation representing to him the uncertainty and shortness of the life of man to what miseries it was exposed and that the sooner we left it the greater was the mercy of God He added many other edifying things and at length said that since it pleased God to remove their General though it was a loss which they resented with extream grief yet it was but just nay and necessary that he and all his should resign themselves up to his Divine Will That as to the Person whom he appointed them to chuse for supplying his place they prayed his Lordship to name him himself which immediately he did naming Louis Moscoso d'Alvarado his Captain-General That nomination was approved by all and they took an Oath to Moscoso Next day being the One and twentieth day of May the Magnanimous Virtuous and Valiant Captain Don Fernando de Soto Governour of Cuba and General of Florida yielded his Soul to God He had the same fate as many other great men have had whom Fortune onely raises high to make their fall the greater He died at a time and in a Country where his sorrow could receive but very little consolation every one stood in need of it for himself in the danger we were in of perishing in a Country which we knew not and seeing these were reflections that sufficiently took up the thoughts of all Soto had not all the assistance which was due to him and which we could have wished to have given him Moscoso would have his Death concealed from the Indians because Don Fernando had always made them believe that the Christians were immortal and seeing they had a great opinion of his Prudence and Valour he wisely judged that his death might inspire into them thoughts of revolting though they appeared to be submissive for it was good to mistrust their natural levity and inconstancy Besides as the ignorance of that Nation makes them receive for a truth whatever is beyond the reach of their knowledge the late General had perswaded them that their most secret designs were not hid from him though they could not conceive how that should be and that his Image which he shew'd them in his Looking-glass told him all their thoughts being perswaded of that they durst not so much as think of Rebellion So soon as he was dead Moscoso caused his Body to be put into a house where it lay three days after which it was buried in the night-time near to one of the Gates within the Town The Indians who had seen him in his sickness and now saw him no more began to have strong suspicions of his death and when they passed by the place where he was interred they curiously looked upon the ground which seemed to have been lately dug and talked to one another This being told to Moscoso he caused him to be deterred very privately in the night-time and a great deal of sand put into the Mantles wherein he was wrapt in this condition he was carried out in a Canoe to the middle of the River and there sunk to the bottom In the mean time the Cacique of Guachoya daily asked news of Soto whom he called his Lord and Brother desiring to know what was become of him Moscoso told him that he was gone about a little business up to Heaven whither he was accustomed to go and being he was to make some short stay there he had left him to Command in his place The Cacique making no doubt then but that he was dead sent for two very handsome young Indians and told the Governour that it was the custom of his Country when any great Lord died to put to death some persons to attend and serve him on his Journey that these young men presented themselves to render that duty to his Lord and Brother and that he might freely cause their heads to be struck off Moscoso made answer That the Governour was not dead but that he was gone to Heaven that among the Christians whom he Commanded he had chosen those who were to attend him that he prayed Guachoya to send home the two Indians and to renounce so damnable a custom He set the Indians at liberty upon the spot and ordered them to return to their houses but one of them refused to do so saying that he would not serve a Master who had condemned him to death without a cause and that he would ever stick to him who had saved his life The Governour 's Goods were sold at an Auction consisting in all in two Slaves and two Wives three Horses and seven hundred Hogs The Slaves and Horses were sold at three thousand Crowns a piece to be paid at the first discovery of Gold or Silver Mines or at the first Plantation that the Buyer should have if we setled in Florida that if neither of these two cases hapned the Buyer obliged himself to pay the Money within a year and gave Security at least those who had no Estate in Spain did The Hogs were sold in the same manner for two hundred Crowns a piece The truth is they who had Estates in Spain bought but little or had it at a cheaper rate From that time forward most part of the Souldiers got Pigs which they fed and eat of

so much fury that many of them threw themselves one upon another into the houses that were on fire where they were smuthered and reduced to ashes so that above two thousand and five hundred Indians perished by the fire and sword We lost eighteen Christians amongst whom were Don Carlos the Governours Cousin and one of his Nephews Iohn de Gomez and Mem Rodriguez both Portuguese and Iohn Vasquez de Villeneuve of Barcaro●…a all Gentlemen of Quality and much esteemed the rest were but private Souldiers An hundred and fifty Spaniards were wounded in this Action with seven hundred Arrow-shot and God permitted that all of them in a very short time were cured of their wounds though they were very dangerous All our Equipage Linnen Cloaths Pearls and Ornaments for saying of Mass were consumed by the fire our men having no respect to that loss since it was far less than the damage that the Indians might have done us by fighting under shelter The Governour had advice in that place that Maldonado waited for him in the Port of Ochuse which was seven days journey distant but he discharged Ortiz to divulge the news lest it might be prejudicial to his designs For since by the fire he had lost the Pearls which he intended to send to Cuba by that ostentation to invite men to come over to Florida he resolved to give no news of himself until he had discovered some rich Country that he might not disgust the Souldiers whom he needed for compleating his Conquest if they saw neither Silver Gold nor other Riches brought from those places CHAP. XX. The Governour leaves Maville to go to Chicasa what hapned to him in that Iourney FRom the time we landed in Florida till we departed from Maville we had lost an hundred and two Christians some by sickness and others fighting against the Indians In consideration of the wounded we were obliged to lie encamped three weeks near that Town in a fruitful and populous Country for besides the fenced Towns there were many scattered houses all about in the Country distant from one another one or two Cross-bow-shot at most The Governour finding that the wounded were almost cured decamped on Sunday the Eighteenth of November all the Souldiers having provided themselves of Maes for two days nevertheless we spent five in a desart Country before we entred into the Province of Pafallaya We found two Villages Taliepatave and Cabusto this last lying upon a great River the opposite side whereof was possest by the Indians they called to us that they would knock out the brains of us all if we were so bold as to cross the River which obliged Soto to cause a great Boat to be built privately in the Woods that the Indians might not come to know his design It was finished in four days time and the Governour order'd it to be carried down half a League lower on the River there he put on board thirty Souldiers well armed but when the Indians perceived his design those that were nearest came running to defend the passage They made some resistance till the Spaniards landed but so soon as they marched towards them the Indians retreated and threw themselves into swamps covered with Reeds The thirty Spaniards mounted on horseback and went down along the River till they found a place where the Army crossed over without any difficulty We found Towns full of Maes and dry Pease from thence we marched five days through a desart Country until we came to a River where the Indians offered again to dispute us the passage But Soto avoiding as much as he could to expose his men to more engagements in two days time caused another Canoe to be made and sent one of his Indians to the Cacique to demand peace and his friendship This did not succeed for the Indians being up massacred his Messenger before his face and having done so retir'd with loud shouts So that the passage being free we went to Chicasa the Eighteenth of December It was a little Village containing about twenty houses where the Governour was obliged to pass the Winter because it snowed and the cold was already so sharp that the Army suffered extreamly in the Camp before they could find out means to make houses This Country was well peopled and full of scattered houses in the fields like to those of Maville We found abundance of Maes there most part whereof was still upon the ground so that we had enough for the whole Winter-Quarter We took some Indians and amongst others one who was much considered by the Cacique and who perswaded the Governour to send word to the Cacique that he desired to see him and to treat with him The Cacique complied and came to the Governour offering him his Country and Subjects and promising to bring two Caciques more who came indeed some days after very well accompanied The one was called Alimamu and the other Nicalusa They presented Soto with an hundred and fifty Rabbets some Mantles and Skins The Cacique of Chicasa came often to visit the Governour who sometimes sent for him and lent him a horse to go and come to the Camp This Indian complained to him of one of his Vassals who had revolted demanding assistance against that Rebel whom he intended to punish which was a meer sham to make us divide our Forces that so he might attack us separately However the Governour granted him that assistance and when the Cacique came with two hundred Indians in Arms he accompanied him with thirty Horse and fourscore Foot They marched together to Saquechuma which was the place of Residence of the Indian whom the Cacique pretended to be revolted that Village was abandoned and the Indians of Chicasa set fire to it the better to disguise their Treachery but the good order which the Governour observed on the march being always upon his guard as well against the Indians who accompanied him as against the Enemy and the care that was taken to fortifie the Camp hindred them from attempting any thing against us Soto upon his return from that Expedition entertained the Cacique and the chief of his Subjects at a Feast where he gave them Pork to eat which they had never tasted before and which to them seemed so delicious meat that from that day forward the Indians came every night to certain houses a Cross-bow-shot from the Camp to steal and kill the Pigs that were there Seeing they had in this manner carried some away guards were placed to watch them who surprized three Indians two of which the Governour ordered to be shot to death with Arrows the third had his hands cut off and was in that condition sent back to the Cacique who pretended to be much troubled that they had been so insolent as to meddle with any thing that belonged to the Governour he said that it rejoyced him to see that they were pu●…shed as they had deserved He lived retired into a Country-house half a League from the Camp