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water_n	fish_n	great_a	sea_n	3,519	5	6.8793	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68498	Nevv Mexico. Otherwise, The voiage of Anthony of Espeio who in the yeare 1583. with his company, discouered a lande of 15. prouinces, replenished with townes and villages, with houses of 4. or 5. stories height, it lieth northward, and some suppose that the same way men may by places inhabited go to the lande tearmed Deʻ Labrador. Translated out of the Spanish copie printed first at Madreel, 1586, and afterward at Paris, in the same yeare.; Historia de las cosas mas notables de la China. English. Selections	González de Mendoza, Juan, 1545-1618.; Loyola, Marín Ignacio de, d. 1606. aut; Avanzi, Francesco.	1587 (1587)	STC 18487; ESTC S110080	12,043	34

necessary prouisiō for suche a iourney spending therein a great part of his substance and so departed from the vale of S. Bartholmew vpon the 10. of Nouember 1582. carrying with him for all occasions that might fall out 115. horses moiles with much weapon munition furniture and some people of seruice He tooke his way toward y e north and within 2. daies iourney he met with many Indians called Conchos in rowes or streets of straw houses who whē they vnderstood of the comming of our people came foorth ioyfully to méete them The foode of this people as also of all the rest of this prouince which is very large is y e flesh of conies hares déere wherof they haue great plenty They haue also verie much Mais which is the Indian wheat goords abundonce of good mellons also great store of riuers which yéelde them great quantitie of fish of diuers sortes for the most part they all go naked their weapons are bowes arrows they lyue vnder the signiory gouernment of Cassicques as the Mexicans but there were found no Idols neither can it be founde that they woorship any thing which is y e reason that they easily agréed y e the Christians should sette vp crosses wherewith they were wel contented after they were by our people informed of the significatiō of the same through such interpreters as they caryed with them by whose means also they learned of other towns whither the said Conchos accompanied guyded them going with them aboue 24. leagues which was all inhabited with their Nation through the aduise which the Cassicques gaue from one towne to another came foorth to méet them and receiued them with peace Hauing thus passed these 24. leagues they came vnto another people called Passaguates who after y e maner of y e afore said Conchos their neighbors came forth vsed them in the same maner as the other had done guiding them forwarde 4. daies iourney with aduise from the Cassicques as afore In this iourny our people found many siluer mines in y e iudgement of such as haue skill in such things and very rich mettall One daies iourney beyond these they came to another nation called Tobosos who seeing hearing of our people fled into the woods leauing their towns and houses desert We afterward vnderstood that a few yeares before there had beene some soldiers which going to seek mines had led certeine of the inhabitantes captiue which was the cause of y e feare and suspitiousnes of the rest But the captein gaue order for the calling of them backe with assurance that they should haue no harme vsing so good pollicie y t they returned were very wel vsed wherby enioying their fauour by interpreters promising that they shoulde haue no harme they became quiet were content with the setting vp of crosses to heare y e mysteries of y e same wherewith in outward shew they seemed to be wel pleased and afterward accompanied them as their neighbors had done vntill they brought them to another people about 12. leagues distant from them they vse also bowes and arrowes and do go naked The people wherto the Tobosos guided them are called Iumanos whome the Spaniards by an other name doo call Patarabueyes Their prouince is large cōsisting of many towns with much people The houses haue sellers are of lime stone the towns traced in very good order al the men womē haue their faces armes legs painted they are a corpulent people more politike then any of the former haue much victuall great store of game both of foot winge with plentie of fish by reason of their great riuers running frō the northward wherof some are as large as Guadalquiuir which fall into the very north sea It hath many lakes of salt water whiche certaine times of the yeare do curdle they make therof very good salt They are a warlike people and so shewed themselues for the first night that our people pitched their campe they shot killed fiue horses and hurt as many more very sore nether had left any aliue if the watch had not behaued themselues very well in the defence of the rest hauing done this mischiefe they vnpeopled the towne fled into the woods there adioining but the next morning the Captaine with fiue souldiers an Interpreter called Peter an Indian of their owne nation went thether to them and with very good speach quieted them and brought them to peace so as he caused them to returne to their habitations yea perswaded thē to certifie their neighbours that they were men that did no harme to any neither went to take rob them of their goods This through his wisedome did he bring to passe easilie obteined gaue vnto their Casciques certaine bunches of glasse beads which they caried of purpose hats other childish toies vpō this other good vsage of them many accompanied our people certaine daies along the great riuer aforesaid whervpon stood many townes of this nation during al which iourneis the Cassiques giuing notice from one to another they came foorth without their bowes or arrowes to méet our people brought them much victuals with other dainties gifts especially skins of Chamois so well dressed that those of Flanders are no better They go all clothed it was found that they had some small inckling of our Christian faith for they made signs toward God with looking vp into heauen whome in their language they call Appallito him they acknowledge for the Lord at whose hand mercy they confesse that they haue receiued life naturall being Many of them came brought their wiues children to the intent that the religious persons of whom we spake which went with the soldiers might giue them their blessing Afterward being demanded of whom they had learned that knowledge of God they said of thrée Christians one Negro that had passed that way staied a while in their countrie who by the tokens that they gaue séemed to be Aluares Nunnes Cabeça de Vacca Dorantes Castillio Maldonado a Negro who were escaped from the Armato wherwith Pamphilo of Naruaes entred into Florida hauing bene long slaues chanced to come to these places where GOD wrought many strange things by them yea healed sundrie parsons whereby their name was famous throughout al that countrie All this prouince séemed to remaine very quiet in demonstration wherof they accompanied serued our people sundrie daies along the riuer afore said A fewe daies after they came to a populous countrie of Indians whose inhabitants came to receiue our people after th●… 〈…〉 ●…ir neighbors they vnderstood of 〈…〉 Sauiour and brought forth many ●…gs made of feathers very curiously of sundrie colours many cotton mātels striped with blew and white like to those that came from China to bartare and chaunge for