place where his money lay. I saw him while he was thus tortured to
death. The shocking scene is to this day fresh in my mind, and I have
often been overcome while thinking on it. He was a man of remarkable
stature. I should judge as much as six feet and six or seven inches
high, two feet across his shoulders, and every way well proportioned.
He as a man of remarkable strength and resolution, affable, kind and
gentle, ruling with equity and moderation.

The army of the enemy was large, I should suppose consisting of about
six thousand men. Their leader was called Baukurre. After destroying
the old prince, they decamped and immediately marched towards the sea,
lying to the west, taking with them myself and the women prisoners.
In the march a scouting party was detached from the main army. To the
leader of this party I was made waiter, having to carry his gun, &c.
As we were a scouting we came across a herd of fat cattle, consisting
of about thirty in number. These we set upon, and immediately wrested
from their keepers, and afterwards converted them into food for the
army. The enemy had remarkable success in destroying the country
wherever they went. For as far as they had penetrated, they laid the
habitations waste and captured the people. The distance they had now
brought me was about four hundred miles. All the march I had very
hard tasks imposed on me, which I must perform on pain of punishment.
I was obliged to carry on my head a large flat stone used for grinding
our corn, weighing as I should suppose, as much as 25 pounds; besides
victuals, mat and cooking utensils. Though I was pretty large and
stout of my age, yet these burthens were very grievous to me, being
only about six years and a half old.

We were then come to a place called Malagafco. When we entered the
place we could not see the least appearance of either houses or