InthisvoyageIvisitedmynewcolonyontheisland,sawtheSpaniards(西班牙人),hadthewholestoryoftheirlivesandofthevillains(罪犯)Ileftthere;howatfirsttheytreatedthepoorSpaniardsbadly,·howtheyafterwardsagreed,
InthisvoyageIvisitedmynewcolonyontheisland,sawtheSpaniards(西班牙人),hadthewholestoryoftheirlivesandofthevillains(罪犯)Ileftthere;howatfirsttheytreatedthepoorSpaniardsbadly,·howtheyafterwardsagreed,disagreed,unired,separated,andhowatlasttheSpaniardswereforcedtouseviolencewiththem;howtheygaveintothespaniards,howhonestlytheSpaniardsusedthem----ahistory,ifitwereenteredinto,asfullofvarietyandwonderfulaccidentsasmyownpart----particularly,also,astotheirbattleswiththeCaribbeans,wholandedseveraltimesupontheIsland,andastotheimprovementtheymadeupontheIslanditself,andhowfiveofthemmadeanattemptuponthemainland,andbroughtawayelevenmenandfivewomenprisoners,bywhich,atmycoming,IfoundabouttwentyyoungchildrenontheIsland.
HereIstayedbout20days,leftthemsuppliesofallnecessarythings,andparticularlyofarms,powder,shot,cloths,tools,andtwoworkmen,whichIbroughtfromEnglandwithme,namelyacarpenterandasmith.
Besidesthis,IsharedtheIslandintopartswiththem,reservedtomyselfthepropertyofwhole butgavethemsuchpartsresoeetivelyastheyagreedon;andhavingsettledallthingswiththemandencouragedthemnottoleavetheplace,Ileftthemthere.
FromthenonIlandedtheBrazils,fromwhereIsentabark,whichIboughtthere,withmorepeopletotheisland;andinit,besidesothersupplies,Isentsevenwomen,beingsuchpersonsasIfoundproperforservice,orforwivestosuchaswouldtakethem.AstotheEnglishmen,IpromisedthemtosendthemsomewomenfromEngland,withagoodcargo(船货)ofnecessaries,iftheywouldapplythemselvestoplanting----whichIafterwardscouldnotperform.Andthefellowsprovedveryhonestanddiligentaftertheyweremasteredandhadtheirpropertiessetapartforthem.IsentthemalsofromtheBrazilsfivecows,threeofthembeingbigwithcalf,somesheep,andsomepigs,whichwhenIcameagainwereconsiderablyincreased.
Butallthesethings,withanaccounthow300Caribbeanscameandinvaded(入侵)them,andruinedtheirplantations,andhowtheyfoughtwiththatwholenumbertwice,andwereatfirstdefeated,andoneofthemkilled;butatlastastormdestroyingmostoftheirenemies’boats,theydestroyedalmostal