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having lived pretty well together for a month or two, the Spaniards -
gave them arms again, and gave them liberty to go abroad with
them as before.

It was not above a week after they had these arms and went
abroad, but the ungrateful creatures began to be insolent and
troublesome as before; but, however, an accident happening pre-
sently upon this, which endangered the safety of them all, they
were obliged to lay by all private resentments, and look to the
preservation of their lives.

It happened one night that the Spaniard governor, as I call
him, that is to say, the Spaniard whose life I had saved, who was
now the captain or leader or governor of the rest, found himself
very uneasy in the night, and could by no means get any sleep.
He was perfectly well in body, as he told me the story, only
found his thoughts tumultuous, his mind run upon men fighting
and killing of one another, but was broad awake, and could not by
any means get any sleep. In short, he lay a great while, but
growing more and more uneasy, he resolved to rise. As they lay,
being so many of them, upon goat-skins, laid thick upon such
couches and pads as they made for themselves, not in ham-
mocks and ship beds, as I did, who was but one, so they had little
to do, when they were willing to rise, but to get up upon their
feet, and perhaps put on a coat, such as it was, and their pumps,
and they were ready for going any way that their thoughts guided
them.

Being thus gotten up he looked out, but being dark he could
see little or nothing. And besides, the trees which I had planted,
ag in my former account is described, and which were now grown
tall, intercepted his sight, so that he could only look up and see
that it was a clear starlight night; and hearing no noise, he re-
turned and laid him down again. But it was all one, he could
not sleep, nor could he compose himself to anything like rest; but
his thoughts were to the last degree uneasy, and yet he knew not
for what. ;

Having made some noise with rising and walking about, going
out and coming in, another of them waked, and calling, asked,
Who it was that was up? The governor told him how it had