1. The Indians of the vicinity were not well affected towards the Spaniards, though at times they brought some provisions to the camp, in exchange for beads and bells. The Indians would have continued to do this, if the soldiers had treated them properly, but there was no one to keep the soldiers within bounds, and they treated the Indians badly, which made them refrain from coming with provisions to the camp, and of this the stomachs of the Spaniards soon began to bear painful witness.

One day a number of Indians came with provisions, wishing to have things from the Spaniards in exchange; when a party of the most murderous of the soldiers enticed them out of their canoes, made them prisoners, shut them up in a hut, and took possession of their canoes. This was seen by other Indians, who had remained on the river in their canoes, and who fled, and were never more seen, for the fear they had of the Spaniards. Those who had been imprisoned, although they feared the white men, were also exasperated against them when they returned to their homes, having escaped after a few days confinement.