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An.1681
And Account of the Moskito Indians.
The 29th day, at 9 a clock in the morning, we came to an anchor at Point Garrachina, about 7 leagues from the Gulf of St. Michael, which was the place where we first came into the South Seas, and the way by which we designed to return.
Here we lay all the day, and went ashore and dried our Cloaths, clean d our Guns, dried our Am- munition, and fixt our selves against our Enemies, if we should be attack’d; for we did expect to find some opposition at Landing: we likewise kept a good Look-out all the day, for fear of those two Ships that we saw the day before.
The 30th day in the morning at 8 a clock we came into the Gulf of St. Michael’s mouth; for we put from Point Garrachina in the Evening, de- signing to have reach’d the Islands in the Gulf be- fore day; that we might the better work our de- sign upon our Enemies, if we should find any of them waiting to stop our passage.
About 9 a clock we came to an Anchor a mile without a large Island, which lyes 4 miles from the mouth of the River; we had other small Islands without us, and might have gone up into the Ri- ver, having a strong tyde of flood, but would not adventure farther till we had lookt well about us.
a large island
8.341616510154807, -78.21639793264335
By the description and measurements, this is likely the island
We immediately sent a Canoa ashore on the Island, where we saw (what we always feared) a Ship at the mouth of the River, lying close by the shore, and a large Tent by it, by which we found it would be a hard task for us to escape them.
When the Canoa came aboard with this news, some of our men were a little disheartned; but it was no more than I ever expected.
Our care was now to get safe over land, seeing we could not land here according to our desire: Therefore before the tyde of flood was spent, we manned our Canoa and rowed again to the Island; to fee if the Enemy was yet in motion. When we came