The quest of El Dorado; the most romantic episode in the history of South American conquest . tifulEmpire of Guiana, with a Relation of the Great and 151 THE QUEST OF EL DORADO After securing all the information pos-sible from the poore souldiers, who hadbeen made merry bj^ the wine which he hadcaptured at the Canaries on his way west,Raleigh next proceeded to protect his rearfrom the attacks of the Spaniards who, hehad reason to apprehend, would make everyeffort possible to frustrate his project. So, considering that to enter Guiana bysmall boats, to depart 400 to 500 miles frommy ships, and
The quest of El Dorado; the most romantic episode in the history of South American conquest . tifulEmpire of Guiana, with a Relation of the Great and 151 THE QUEST OF EL DORADO After securing all the information pos-sible from the poore souldiers, who hadbeen made merry bj^ the wine which he hadcaptured at the Canaries on his way west,Raleigh next proceeded to protect his rearfrom the attacks of the Spaniards who, hehad reason to apprehend, would make everyeffort possible to frustrate his project. So, considering that to enter Guiana bysmall boats, to depart 400 to 500 miles frommy ships, and leave a garrison in my backeinterested in the same enterprize, who alsodaily expected supplies out of Spaine, Ishould have sauoured very much of the Asse;and therefore taking a time of most aduan-tage, I set upon the Corp du guard in theeuening, and hauing put them to the swored,toke their new city which they call S. Joseph Golden City of Manoa, which the Spaniards call ElDorado, etc., performed in the year 1595 by Sir Wal-ter Raleigh, Knt. Pub. by the Hakluyt Society, Lon-don (1848). 152. From De Bry The Bdening of St. Joseph by Sir Walter Raleigh SIR WALTER RALEIGH by breake of day; they abode not any fightafter a few shot, and all being dismissed butonely Berreo and his companion, I broughtthem with me abord, and at the instance ofthe Indians I set their new city of S. Josephon fire. * Having complied with the wishes of hisQueen, by thus offending the King ofSpain and his subjects, and completed allarrangements for the conquest of Guiana,Raleigh hastened toward his purposed dis-covery. But before proceeding up the Ori-noco he determined to make friends of theIndians of Trinidad. Calhng together theirchiefs, I made them understand, he in-forms us, that I was seruant of a Queene,who was the great Cacique of the north, anda virgin, and had more Caciqui under herthan there were trees in their island; that shewas an enemy to the Castellani in respect of ^ Ut sup., p. 8. 155 THE Q
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