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The Gouernour left Donna Isabella in Hauana; and with her remained the wife of Don Carlos, and the wiues of Baltasar de Gallégos, and of Nonno de Touar. And hee left for his lieutenant a Gentleman of Hauana, called Iohn de Roias, for the gouernment of the Island.
"They did so and I stood before them. "'Almighty God, our Father, said I. "'Almighty God, our Father, said William Shaw. "'Almighty God, our Father, said George W. Kent. "'Forgive us our sins, said I. "'Forgive us our sins, said they. "'And receive our souls. "'And receive our souls. "'Amen! "'Amen! "I laid them beside Ramon Gallegos and covered their faces."
At last the people with whom I lodge, and to whom I told my business, advised me to send for a meiga. Myself. A meiga! What is that? Benedict. Ow! a haxweib, a witch; the Gallegos call them so in their jargon, of which I can scarcely understand a word. So I consented, and they sent for the meiga. Och! what a weib is that meiga!
After remaining three weeks in that place, Soto sent a detachment of sixty horse and an equal number of foot under Gallegos to explore the country beyond the districts belonging to Harrihiagua and Mucozo, which belonged to a cacique named Urribarracuxi.
On receiving intelligence from Gallegos of the pleasantness of the interior country, Soto determined to advance with the bulk of his men, leaving Calderon to command at the town belonging to Harrihiagua with forty horsemen, to secure the ships, provisions, and stores.
A very hard-working class of men are the Gallegos, the natives of Galicia, who are nearly as numerous in Lisbon as they were when Napier wrote, and where, then as now, they act as porters, messengers, scavengers, and water-carriers, and are found in all sorts of lowly and laborious occupations.
About eighteen years ago the Galician laborers, or Gallegos, from the mines of Galicia, swarmed into the town for lodgings, etc., and since their colonization the population has increased in strength, stature, education, intellect, and morality. Their intellects, also, have improved intellects which had been stunted, dwarfed, and ruined by their frequent intermarriages. According to Dr.
Strange Incident. Death of the Bloodhound. Historical Discrepancies. Romantic Entrance to Ochile. The day after the departure of Porcallo, a courier from Captain Gallegos, accompanied by a small guard, came to the Spanish camp at Ucita.
We were prospecting and it was our intention, if we found nothing, to push through to the Gila river at some point near Big Bend, where we understood there was a settlement. We had a good outfit but no guide just Ramon Gallegos, William Shaw, George W. Kent and Berry Davis."
Fighting was out of the question: we urged our feeble animals up the gulch as far as there was footing for a hoof, then threw ourselves out of our saddles and took to the chaparral on one of the slopes, abandoning our entire outfit to the enemy. But we retained our rifles, every man Ramon Gallegos, William Shaw, George W. Kent and Berry Davis." "Same old crowd," said the humorist of our party.
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