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They were carrying letters from Santiago, near Quintero, to Lima, giving an account of the squadron being on the coast. The crew, however, had been sworn not to reveal this should they be captured. To make them do so their thumbs were put into a winch, and the old Fleming was persuaded that he would be hung if he did not confess. Still he resisted.
Gomaz Rascon and Christoval Quintero, the owners of the Pinta, who had resented her being pressed into the service, were at the bottom of a good deal of it. Things could not be found; gear mysteriously gave way after it had been set up; the caulking was found to have been carelessly and imperfectly done; and when the caulkers were commanded to do it over again they decamped.
Parentage of Cavendish Sails with Sir Richard Grenville to the West Indies Introduced to the Queen Fits out expedition for the South Sea Sails from Plymouth Lands at Sierra Leone Attacks a negro town Passage across the Atlantic Anchors off coast of Brazil Puts into Port Desire Large size of natives Attacked by them Enters the Straits of Magellan A deserted Spanish colony One man rescued San Felipe visited Port Famine Enters the Pacific The squadron puts into Mocha Obtains provisions by a mistake of the natives An expedition on shore at Quintero Twelve of the crew cut off Anchors off Moron Moreno Degraded natives Proceedings at Areca Prisoners taken and tortured Payta plundered The island of Paria and its wealthy cacique The English surprised by Spaniards Several killed Cavendish burns the place Several vessels captured Cocoa found on board a prize Some persons made prisoners on shore held captive till provisions are brought In search of the Manilla galleon She is attacked and captured The prisoners well treated The Santa Anna set on fire The Desire and Content set sail Ersola, a pilot, carried off The Content lost sight of No tidings ever received of her The ship touches at Guham and proceeds on to the Philippines Treachery of Ersola discovered He is hung A Spanish frigate put to flight Death of Captain Havers Java reached Reception by the Rajah The Indian Ocean crossed A tempest Passes the Cape of Good Hope Touches at Saint Helena Hears of the defeat of the Spanish Armada Enters Plymouth with silken sails Knighted by Queen Elizabeth Sails on a second voyage Numerous disasters Dies of a broken heart.
The political fruits of our successes in Chili and Peru now began to manifest themselves in the recognition of the South American Republics by the United States, so that Chili had assumed the rank of a recognised member of the family of nations. I took with me as a guest to Quintero, my former prisoner, Colonel Fausto del Hoyo, the Commandant at Valdivia on our reduction of that fortress.
The Pinta, it will be remembered, was commanded by Martin Alonso Pinzon, and was owned by Gomaz Rascon and Christoval Quintero, who had been at the bottom of some of the troubles ashore; and it was thought highly probable that these two rascals had something to do with the mishap, which they had engineered in the hope that their vessel would be left behind at the Canaries.
The 12th they entered the safe and commodious road of Valparaiso, in which was a Spanish ship, but which was set on fire by its own mariners, who escaped on shore. The 13th at noon, they were in lat. 32° 15' S. and in the afternoon came into the fair and secure harbour of Quintero. Here they took in wood and water, and caught abundance of fish.
When I informed you, on my arrival at Quintero, that something unpleasant would take place, I was not altogether ignorant of a report which has now become prevalent.
He remained two days within Manila, and, without visiting the superiors, or returning their visit to him, he contented himself with calling on Generals Tejada, Andaya, and Quintero; and he crossed, near San Gabriel, to the house of Don Francisco de Atienza, who is sargento-mayor of the army.
As I had returned to Quintero, this rumour did not reach me till it had become widely disseminated amongst the Chilian people. The first intimation I had of it, was contained in the following letter from Captain Cobbett, of the Valdivia:
I set out on a riding excursion, for the purpose of geologising the basal parts of the Andes, which alone at this time of the year are not shut up by the winter snow. Our first day's ride was northward along the sea-coast. After dark we reached the Hacienda of Quintero, the estate which formerly belonged to Lord Cochrane.
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