And it's by a passive valor
they show and prove their activity; a sort of courage too brutal to be
applauded by our black hero; nevertheless, he expressed his esteem
of 'em.
In this voyage Caesar begat so good an understanding between the
Indians and the English that there were no more fears or
heart-burnings during our stay, but we had a perfect, open, and free
trade with 'em. Many things remarkable, and worthy reciting, we met
with in this short voyage; because Caesar made it his business to
search out and provide for our entertainment, especially to please his
dearly adored Imoinda, who was a sharer in all our adventures; we
being resolved to make her chains as easy as we could, and to
compliment the prince in that manner that most obliged him.
As we were coming up again, we met with some Indians of strange
aspects; that is, of a larger size, and other sort of features, than
those of our country. Our Indian slaves that rowed us asked 'em some
questions; but they could not understand us, but showed us a long
cotton string, with several knots on it, and told us they had been
coming from the mountains so many moons as there were knots: they were
habited in skins of a strange beast, and brought along with 'em bags
of gold-dust; which, as well as they could give us to understand, came
streaming in little small channels down the high mountains, when the
rains fell; and offered to be the convoy to anybody or persons that
would go to the mountains.
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