tokens of affection they earnestly called vs backe againe, following vs
almost to our boates: whereupon our Generall taking his Master with him,
who was best acquainted with their maners, went apart vnto two of them,
meaning, if they could lay sure hold vpon them, forcibly to bring them
aboord, with intent to bestow certaine toyes and apparell vpon the one, and
so to dismisse him with all arguments of curtesie, and retaine the other
for an Interpreter. [Sidenote: Another meeting of two of our men with two
of theirs.] The Generall and his Maister being met with their two
companions togither, after they had exchanged certaine things the one with
the other, one of the Saluages for lacke of better marchandise, cut off the
tayle of his coat (which is a chiefe ornament among them) and gaue it vnto
our Generall for a present. But he presently vpon a watchword giuen with
his Maister sodainely laid hold vpon the two Saluages. But the ground
vnderfoot being slipperie with the snow on the side of the hill, their
handfast fayled and their prey escaping ranne away and lightly recouered
their bow and arrowes, which they had hid not farre from them behind the
rockes. [Sidenote: The Englishmen chased to their boates.] And being onely
two Saluages in sight, they so fiercely, desperately, and with such fury
assaulted and pursued our Generall and his Master, being altogether
vnarmed, and not mistrusting their subtiltie that they chased them to their
boates, and hurt the Generall in the buttocke with an arrow, who the rather
speedily fled backe, becasuse they suspected a greater number behind the
rockes. Our souldiers (which were commanded before to keepe their boates)
perceiuing the danger, and hearing our men calling for shot came speedily
to rescue, thinking there had bene a greater number. But when the Saluages
heard the shot of one of our caliuers (and yet hauing first bestowed their
arrowes) they ranne away, our men speedily following them. [Sidenote: One
of that Countreymen taken.] But a seruant of my Lorde of Warwick, called
Nicholas Conger a good footman, and vncumbred with any furniture hauing
only a dagger at his backe ouertooke one of them, and being a Cornishman