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James Rodway. The West Indies and the Spanish Main
The West Indies and the Spanish Main
Table of Contents
THE WEST INDIES
I
THE SPANIARDS AND THEIR VICTIMS
II
THE QUEST FOR "EL DORADO"
III
"SINGEING THE SPANIARD'S BEARD"
IV
RALEGH AND THE FIRST BRITISH COLONIES
V
BUCCANEERS, FILIBUSTERS, AND PIRATES
VI
WAR IN THE YOUNG COLONIES
VII
THE PLANTERS AND THEIR SLAVES
VIII
THE STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY
IX
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE DARIEN TRADE
X
SLAVE INSURRECTIONS AND BUSH NEGROES
XI
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SEAS
XII
DOWNFALL OF HISPANIOLA
XIII
EMANCIPATION OF THE SPANISH MAIN
XIV
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
XV
RESULTS OF EMANCIPATION
XVI
THE ISTHMUS TRANSIT SCHEMES
INDEX
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James Rodway
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Even Alfinger had to give up waiting for his supplies and move on at last, for these had been utilised by his lieutenant on an expedition of his own. The party eked out a bare subsistence with wild fruits and game. If they found a village they plundered it of everything it contained, dug up the provisions from the fields, and left the survivors of the massacre to starve. Not that they themselves were in a much better plight; fever, the result of want and exposure, carried them off in continually increasing numbers. At last they got into a mountain region, and the poor naked bearers were frozen to death. Descending again they encountered stronger and fiercer tribes, by whom they were defeated, the cruel Alfinger himself dying two days afterwards from his wounds. A small remnant only returned after two years' absence, leaving a track of pain and suffering to make their memory accursed for many generations.
George of Spires now fitted out a great expedition of three hundred infantry and two hundred cavalry, which started in 1536. They also went a long distance into the interior, braving hardships and dangers almost incredible. Jaguars carried off their horses, and even went so far as to attack and kill several of the Indian bearers and one Spaniard. Like their predecessors, they also encountered savage Indians, and died of starvation and sickness. After journeying fifteen hundred miles from the coast they had to return unsuccessful; but as their leader was less cruel than Alfinger, the losses of the party were not so great. Instead of dying on the journey he lived to become Governor of Venezuela.
