Histoire de l'île de la Trinidad sous le gouvernement espagnol: ptie. Découverte et conquète, 1498-1622

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Página 302 - S. Joseph, by break of day. They abode not any fight after a few shot, and all being dismissed by only Berreo and his companion, I brought them with me aboard; and, at the instance of the Indians, I set their new city of S. Joseph on fire. NOTES DU CHAPITRE XI. I. (Baralt, Historia, de
Página 301 - dead of famine, and wasted with torments. These are called, in their own language, Acarewana; and now of late, since English, French, and Spanish are come among them, they call themselves capitains, because they perceive that the chiefest of every ship is called by that name. Those five capitains in the chain were called "Wannawanare,
Página 253 - As Columbus (à San-Salvador, à son premier voyage) supposed himself to have landed on an island at the extremity of India, he called the natives by the general appellation of Indians, which was universally adopted before the true nature of his discovery was known, and has since been extended to all the aboriginals of the New World.
Página 301 - and Aterima. So as both to be revenged of the former wrong, as also considering that to enter Guiana by small boats, to depart four or five hundred miles from my ships, and to leave a garrison in my back interested in the same enterprise, who also
Página 301 - or five hundred miles from my ships, and to leave a garrison in my back interested in the same enterprise, who also daily expected supplies out of Spain, I should have savoured very much of the ass ; and therefore, taking a time of
Página 255 - of thé ground, saving some few raised grounds in thé middle of them, and for this cause they are enforced to live in this manner. They never eat of any thing that is set or sown ; and as at home they use neither planting nor
Página 261 - Irving, Companions of Columbus, introduction, p. iij.) The expeditions here narrated, therefore, may be considered as springing immediately out of the voyages of Columbus, and fulfilling some of his grand designs. They may be compared to the attempts of
Página 261 - of his third voyage, especially of his discovery of the coast of Paria, which he described as abounding in drugs and spices, in gold and silver, and precious stones, and, above
Página 225 - extrême sensibilité pour l'harmonie. Poètes et musiciens, ils subordonnent toujours la parole au chant par la liberté qu'ils se réservent d'allonger ou d'abréger les mots pour les appliquer à un air qui leur plaît. Un objet, un événement frappe un nègre ; il en fait aussitôt le sujet d'une chanson. Ce fut dans tous les âges l'origine de la poésie. Trois ou quatre paroles qui se répètent alternativement
Página 301 - interested in the same enterprise, who also daily expected supplies out of Spain, I should have savoured very much of the ass ; and therefore, taking a time of

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