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are called Aroras�察�and are as black as negroes�察�but have smooth hair�察�and 

these   are   very   valiant�察  �or   rather   desperate�察  �people�察  �and   have   the   most 

strong poison on their arrows�察�and most dangerous�察�of all nations�察�of which 

I will speak somewhat�察�being a digression not unnecessary。 

     There   was   nothing   whereof   I   was   more   curious   than   to   find   out   the 

true remedies of these poisoned arrows。 For besides the mortality of   the 

wound they make�察�the party shot endureth the most insufferable torment in 

the world�察�and abideth a most ugly and lamentable death�察�sometimes dying 

stark mad�察�sometimes their bowels breaking out of their bellies�察�which are 

presently  discoloured   as   black   as   pitch�察  �and   so   unsavory  as   no   man   can 

endure to cure or to attend them。 And it is more strange to know that in all 

this time   there   was   never   Spaniard�察  �either   by  gift   or torment�察  �that   could 

attain to the true knowledge of the cure�察�although they have martyred and 

put   to   invented   torture   I   know   not   how   many   of   them。   But   everyone   of 

these    Indians    know     it  not�察  �no�察 �not   one    among     thousands�察    �but   their 

soothsayers and priests�察�who do conceal it�察�and only teach it but from the 

father to the son。 

     Those medicines which are vulgar�察�and serve for the ordinary poison�察�

are   made   of   the   juice   of   a   root   called   tupara�察  �the   same   also   quencheth 

marvellously the heat of burning fevers�察�and healeth inward wounds and 

broken veins that bleed within the body。 But I was more beholding to the 

Guianians   than   any   other�察  �for Antonio   de   Berreo   told   me   that   he   could 

never attain to the knowledge thereof�察�and yet they taught me the best way 

of healing as well thereof as of all other poisons。 Some of the Spaniards 

have been cured in ordinary wounds of the common poisoned arrows with 

the juice of garlic。 But this is a general rule for all men that shall hereafter 

travel the Indies where poisoned arrows are used�察�that they must abstain 

from  drink。   For   if   they   take   any   liquor   into   their   body�察  �as   they   shall   be 

marvellously provoked thereunto by drought�察�I say�察�if they drink before the 

wound be dressed�察�or soon upon it�察�there is no way with them but present 

death。 

     And so I will return again to our journey�察�which for this third day we 

finished�察�and cast anchor again near the continent on the left hand between 

two mountains�察�the one called Aroami and the other Aio。 I made no stay 



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here but till midnight�察�for I feared hourly lest any rain should fall�察�and then 

it had been impossible to have gone any further up�察�notwithstanding that 

there is every day a very strong breeze and easterly wind。 I deferred the 

search of the country on Guiana side till my return down the river。 

     The   next   day  we   sailed   by  a   great   island   in   the   middle   of   the   river�察�

called   Manoripano�察  �and�察  �as   we   walked   awhile   on   the   island�察  �while   the 

galley got ahead of us�察�there came for us from the main a small canoa with 

seven or eight Guianians�察�to invite us to anchor at their port�察�but I deferred 

till   my   return。   It   was   that   cacique   to   whom   those   Nepoios   went�察  �which 

came   with   us   from   the   town   of   Toparimaca。   And   so   the   fifth   day   we 

reached as high up as the province of Aromaia�察�the country of Morequito�察�

whom   Berreo   executed�察  �and   anchored   to   the   west   of   an           island   called 

Murrecotima�察  �ten   miles   long   and   five   broad。 And   that   night   the   cacique 

Aramiary�察�to whose town we made our long and hungry voyage out of the 

river of Amana�察�passed by us。 

     The next day we arrived at the port of Morequito�察�and anchored there�察�

sending   away   one   of   our   pilots   to   seek   the   king   of   Aromaia�察  �uncle   to 

Morequito�察�slain   by  Berreo as   aforesaid。 The next day  following�察 �before 

noon�察�he came to us on foot from his house�察�which was fourteen English 

miles�察�himself being a hundred and ten years old�察�and returned on foot the 

same   day�察  �and   with   him   many   of   the   borderers�察  �with   many   women   and 

children�察�that came to wonder at our nation and to bring us down victual�察�

which they did in great plenty�察�as venison�察�pork�察�hens�察�chickens�察�fowl�察�fish�察�

with   divers   sorts   of   excellent   fruits   and   roots�察  �and   great   abundance   of 

pinas�察 �the   princess of   fruits that grow  under   the   sun�察 �especially  those   of 

Guiana。 They brought us�察�also�察�store of bread and of their wine�察�and a sort 

of paraquitos no bigger than wrens�察�and of all other sorts both small and 

great。   One   of   them   gave   me   a   beast   called   by   the   Spaniards   armadillo�察�

which they call cassacam�察�which seemeth to be all barred over with small 

plates   somewhat   like   to   a   rhinoceros�察  �with   a   white   horn   growing   in   his 

hinder parts as big as a great hunting´horn�察�which they use to wind instead 

of a trumpet。 Monardus ��Monardes�察�Historia Medicinal�� writeth that a little 

of the powder of that horn put into the ear cureth deafness。 

     After this old king had rested awhile in a little tent that I caused to be 



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set   up�察  �I   began   by   my   interpreter   to   discourse   with   him   of   the   death   of 

Morequito his predecessor�察�and afterward of the Spaniards�察�and ere I went 

any   farther   I   made   him   know   the   cause   of   my   coming   thither�察  �whose 

servant   I  was�察 �and   that the  Queen's   pleasure   was   I should   undertake   the 

voyage   for   their   defence�察  �and   to   deliver   them   from   the   tyranny   of   the 

Spaniards�察�dilating at large�察�as I had done before to those of Trinidad�察�her 

Majesty's greatness�察�her justice�察�her charity to all oppressed nations�察�with 

as many of the rest of her beauties and virtues as either I could express or 

they conceive。 All which being with great admiration attentively heard and 

marvellously admired�察�I began to sound the old man as touching Guiana 

and the state thereof�察�what sort of commonwealth it was�察�how governed�察�of 

what   strength   and   policy�察  �how   far   it   extended�察  �and   what   nations   were 

friends or enemies adjoining�察�and finally of the distance�察�and way to enter 

the same。 He told me that himself and his people�察�with all those down the 

river towards the sea�察�as far as Emeria�察�the province of Carapana�察�were of 

Guiana�察  �but   that   they   called   themselves   Orenoqueponi�察  �and   that   all   the 

nations between the river and those mountains in sight�察�called Wacarima�察�

were of the same cast and appellation�察�and that on the other side of those 

mountains of Wacarima there was a large plain ��which after I discovered 

in   my   return��   called   the   valley   of   Amariocapana。   In   all   that   valley   the 

people were also of the ancient Guianians。 

     I asked what nations those were which inhabited on the further side of 

those mountains�察�beyond the valley of Amariocapana。 He answered with a 

great sigh ��as a man which had inward feeling of the loss of his country 

and liberty�察�especially for that his eldest son was slain in a battle on that 

side of the mountains�察�whom he most entirely loved�� that he remembered 

in his father's lifetime�察�when he was very old and himself a young man�察�

that there came down into that large valley of Guiana a nation from so far 

off   as  the   sun   slept  ��for  such    were   his  own    words���察   �wi

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