The English-American his travail by sea and land: or, a new svrvey of the West-Indias. Containing a journall of three thousand and three hundred miles within the main land of America ... With a grammar, or some few rudiments of the Indian tongue, called, Poconchi. Of Pocoman / By the true and painfull endevours of Thomas Gage.

  • Gage, Thomas, 1603?-1656.
Date:
1648
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Credit: The English-American his travail by sea and land: or, a new svrvey of the West-Indias. Containing a journall of three thousand and three hundred miles within the main land of America ... With a grammar, or some few rudiments of the Indian tongue, called, Poconchi. Of Pocoman / By the true and painfull endevours of Thomas Gage. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    M-+ — ■ ■ « 1 ' - ' 'i i ~ ~ hi* II ■ ■ ■— I |„ II I«rn. pies in Chriftianity, by the Preifts and Friers that frft entred into A merica.ibid. / Comayagua, a woody ^mountainous, and barren .Cqmtrey. p .159, In the India’s Are Crammers and Dictionaries of thefever all Indian tongues* p. 160. ■ • , - ■ * \v The Jut hour became perfect in the Pocohchi language in one quarter of a yeere. folds .--r h . Themeanes,chiefly fromthe Chtfrch^tdhich the Authour enjoyed yeerly in the Townes ofMixco and/Pinolx. p. i6i, 162. A Plague of Locujts in the India’s brought no fmall profit to the Authour, The Spaniards n y -,VA,y Ah infectious dfeafe amongfi the Indians, broughtto the Author neer a hun¬ dred poundsjn halfe a yeer. ibid. The Authour ft ruck dorvne as dead to the ground with a ft aft of liq-htnin errand again in danger of his life by an Earthquake. p. 165, 166. Of a[mail Vermine, leffe then a flea called Nigua, common in the India’s wherewith the Author was in danger of lofting a leg. ibid. The Authour like to be killed by a Spaniard,/^ defending the poors Indians > p. ,167. A notorious Witch in the Town oft Pinola affrighted the Authour. p. 157. & fequ. . ' •- The Indian Wizards and Witches changed into ft apes of beafts by the De¬ vil^ as appeareth by two examples, p. 169.8c fequ. S ome Idolaters in the Towne 0/Mixco di[covered their preaching Idol found out by the Authour, and burnt publikely in the Churchand hee in great danger to bee killed by them. p. 171. & fequ. The Authors con fill within himfelfe about comming home to England/^ confcience fakeand his ref ilution therein, p. I So, 181. Neer upon 9ooo.peeces of Eight got by the Authour, in twelve yeers that hee lived in the India’s, p. 181. ~ •• Cr-• ,* 1 | y • *! • **|. CHAP. XXI. Shewing my lottrneyfrom the Towne 0/Petapa into England; And Come chief fpgesinthewAy. p. 182. ,f. . S; ' ] . f' Contents. Relation of a face called Serro Redondo, five leagues from Petapa.p. 182.’ A ftrange fire and fmoake conftantly comming out of the earth neer unto a Towne, called Aguachapas which by the Spaniards isfuppofed to be a mouth of hell. p. 183. The priviledge of a great river, called Lempa, dividing the Countrey of St. Salvador, and Nicaragua, p. 184. A Frier thinking to take up goldfrom the bottoms of thefery Vulcan of Le¬ on deceived.jp. 185. . The City of Leon, and Countrey about, called by the Spaniards, Mahomets paradife. ibid. . ■ • About the beginning 0/February, the City 0/Granada in Nicaragua is one ef the rich eft places in the India’s, by reafton of many rich commodities, andfome of the King 0/Spain his revenews carried thither, to be tranfported by the Fri gats Carthagena or Havana, p. 185, 186. The * T . TV _ confidence in feme vleiie Jfl£i reads againft the plague of Locufts,