[Sidenote: The first sight of countrie people, wafting with a flagge.] And
thus marching towards our botes, we espied certaine countrey people on the
top of Mount Warwick with a flag wafting vs backe againe and making great
noise with cries like the mowing of Buls seeming greatly desirous of
conference with vs: whereupon the Generall being therewith better
acquainted, answered them againe with the like cries, whereat and with the
noise of our trumpets they seemed greatly to reioice, skipping, laughing,
and dancing for ioy. And hereupon we made signes vnto them, holding vp two
fingers, commanding two of our men to go apart from our companies, whereby
they might do the like. [Sidenote: The meeting apart of two Englishmen with
two of that countrey.] So that forthwith two of our men and two of theirs
met together a good space from company, neither partie hauing their weapons
about them. Our men gaue them pins and points and such trifles as they had.
And they likewise bestowed on our men two bow cases and such things as they
had. They earnestly desired our men to goe vp into their countrey, and our
men offered them like kindnesse aboord our ships, but neither part (as it
seemed) admitted or trusted the others courtesie. [Sidenote: The order of
their traffique.] Their maner of traffique is thus, they doe vse to lay
downe of their marchandise vpon the ground, so much as they meane to part
withal, and so looking that the other partie with whom they make trade
should do the like, they themselues doe depart, and then if they doe like
of their Mart they come againe, and take in exchange the others
marchandise, otherwise if they like not, they take their owne and depart.
The day being thus well neere spent, in haste wee retired our companies
into our boates againe, minding foorthwith to search alongst the coast for
some harborow fit for our shippes, for the present necessitie thereof was
much, considering that all this while they lay off and on betweene the two
landes, being continually subiect aswell to great danger of fleeting yce,
which enuironed them, as to the sodaine flawes which the coast seemeth much
subiect vnto. But when the people perceiued our departure, with great