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An.1681

And Account of the Moskito Indians.

The 29th day, at 9 a clock in the morning, we came to an anchor at Point Garrachina^[1], about 7 leagues from the Gulf of St. Michael^[2], which was the place where we first came into the South Seas^[3], and the way by which we designed to return.

Here we lay all the day, and went ashore and dried our Cloaths, clean d our Guns, dried our Am- munition, and fixt^[1] our selves against our Enemies, if we should be attack’d; for we did expect to find some opposition at Landing: we likewise kept a good Look-out all the day, for fear of those two Ships that we saw the day before.

The 30th day in the morning at 8 a clock we came into the Gulf of St. Michael^[2]’s mouth; for we put from Point Garrachina^[1] in the Evening, de- signing to have reach’d the Islands in the Gulf be- fore day; that we might the better work our de- sign upon our Enemies, if we should find any of them waiting to stop our passage.

About 9 a clock we came to an Anchor a mile without a large Island^[4], which lyes 4 miles from the mouth of the River^[5]; we had other small Islands without us, and might have gone up into the Ri- ver, having a strong tyde of flood, but would not adventure farther till we had lookt well about us.

We immediately sent a Canoa ashore on the Island, where we saw (what we always feared) a Ship at the mouth of the River^[5], lying close by the shore, and a large Tent by it, by which we found it would be a hard task for us to escape them.

When the Canoa came aboard with this news, some of our men were a little disheartned; but it was no more than I ever expected.

Our care was now to get safe over land, seeing we could not land here according to our desire: Therefore before the tyde of flood was spent, we manned our Canoa and rowed again to the Island; to see if the Enemy was yet in motion. When we came