12/28/2023 0 Comments Minecraft heart made from blockblock![]() ![]() The Spaniards were greatly surprised at this sight and perfectly ata loss what to do.The Spaniard governor, as it happened, was withthem, and his advice was asked, but he professed he knew not whatto do.As for slaves, they had enough already and as to killingthem, there were none of them inclined to do that:the Spaniardgovernor told me they could not think of shedding innocent blood for as to them, the poor creatures had done them no wrong, invadednone of their property, and they thought they had no just quarrelagainst them, to take away their lives.And here I must, injustice to these Spaniards, observe that, let the accounts ofSpanish cruelty in Mexico and Peru be what they will, I never metwith seventeen men of any nation whatsoever, in any foreigncountry, who were so universally modest, temperate, virtuous, sovery goodhumoured, and so courteous, as these Spaniards:and asto cruelty, they had nothing of it in their very nature noinhumanity, no barbarity, no outrageous passions and yet all ofthem men of great courage and spirit.Their temper and calmnesshad appeared in their bearing the insufferable usage of the threeEnglishmen and their justice and humanity appeared now in the caseof the savages above.After some consultation they resolved uponthis that they would lie still a while longer, till, if possible,these three men might be gone.But then the governor recollectedthat the three savages had no boat and if they were left to roveabout the island, they would certainly discover that there wereinhabitants in it and so they should be undone that way.Uponthis, they went back again, and there lay the fellows fast asleepstill, and so they resolved to awaken them, and take themprisoners and they did so.The poor fellows were strangelyfrightened when they were seized upon and bound and afraid, likethe women, that they should be murdered and eaten:for it seemsthose people think all the world does as they do, in eating men'sflesh but they were soon made easy as to that, and away theycarried them. While they were thus waiting, and the savages came on, they plainlysaw that one of the three was the runaway savage that had escapedfrom them and they both knew him distinctly, and resolved that, ifpossible, he should not escape, though they should both fire sothe other stood ready with his piece, that if he did not drop atthe first shot, he should be sure to have a second.But the firstwas too good a marksman to miss his aim for as the savages keptnear one another, a little behind in a line, he fired, and hit twoof them directly the foremost was killed outright, being shot inthe head the second, which was the runaway Indian, was shotthrough the body, and fell, but was not quite dead and the thirdhad a little scratch in the shoulder, perhaps by the same ball thatwent through the body of the second and being dreadfullyfrightened, though not so much hurt, sat down upon the ground,screaming and yelling in a hideous manner.
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