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Other Islands in Amapalla Gulf.
the Frier being with him, who had also promis'd to engage them to it : but before they were all in the Church one of Captain Davis his Men pusht one of the Indians to hasten him into the Church. The Indian immediately ran away, and all the rest taking the alarm sprang out of the Church like Deer ; it was hard to say which was first : and Captain Da- vis, who knew nothing of what hapned, was left in the Church only with the Fryer. When they were all fled Captain Davis his Men fired and kill'd the Secretary ; and thus our hopes perished by the indiscretion of one foolish fellow.
In the afternoon the Ships came into the Gulf between Point Castvina and Mangera, and anchored near the Island Amapalla, on the East side, in 10 fa- thom water, clean hard Sand. In the evening Cap- tain Davis and his company came aboard, and brought the Frier with them ; who told Captain Davis, that if the Secretary had not been kill'd, he could have sent him a Letter by one of the Indians that was taken at Mangera, and perswaded him to come to us ; but now the only way was to send one of those Indians to seek the Casica, and that himself would instruct him what to say, and did not que- stion but the Casica would come in on his word. The next day we sent ashore one of the Indians, who before night returned with the Casica and 6 other Indians, who remained with us all the time that we staid here. These Indians did us good service ; ef- pecially in piloting us to an Island where we kill'd Beef whenever we wanted ; and for this their fer- vice we satisfied them to their hearts content. It was at this Island Amapalla, that a party of Englishmen and Frenchmen came afterwards, and stay'd a great while, and at last landed on the Main, and marched over Land to the Cape River, which disembogues in- to the North Seas near Cape Gratia Dios, and is therefore called the Cape River: Near the Head of this