Drie scheeps-togten na het goud-rijke koningrijk Guiana, in America geleegen, door den Engelssen ridder Wal...

OF WALTER RALEGH.

river, but esteemed it little, as they were intending to move on to Guiana, the treasure-house of all riches. This island, called Cairi the indigenous name for Trinidad by the inhabitants, is inhabited by various peoples.

Arrival at Conquerabia.

Having now arrived at Conquerabia, we went ashore and found a troop of Spaniards holding watch there. They gave the sign of peace and behaved as if they wished to make a pact with us, but this was more because they judged themselves to be too weak than that they would undergo such a thing for weighty and honest reasons.

2 Indians defect to the English.

On the same evening, 2 Indians escaped from them, one of whom was a cacique an indigenous leader named Cariman, who had also been with Captain Whiddon the previous year and had formed a good friendship with him. Through him, we received certain information about the power of the Spaniards and how things stood with the city and the Governor, Don Antonio de Berreo.

Spaniards well treated by the English.

While we stayed here, some Spaniards came to buy linens and other things they needed from us. These were intentionally treated well and entertained with wine, as they had not tasted it for some years. This was done so that we might obtain information about Guiana, which also succeeded, for when the Spaniards became merry, they boasted of the richness of that landscape and understood the nature of the rivers and the course to set toward them. We behaved as if we had not the slightest thought of making a venture there, but claimed that we had come to these regions to bring some refreshment to the English left in Virginia. In truth, however, we intended to avenge ourselves on Berreo, who in the previous year had betrayed 8 men of Captain Whiddon while he had gone to the Island of Bonaventura.