[Under Drake’s Flag by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookUnder Drake’s Flag CHAPTER 17: The Golden Hind 15/20
Nine other persons of the party were all wounded grievously.
The rest gained the boats, and all put off.
None of the wounded died; which, considering that there was no surgeon on board the ship, was looked upon by the mariners as a special miracle in their favor. There was a great talk of returning to shore, to punish the men who had so treacherously attacked them.
But the admiral, seeing that many of the men were hurt, and believing that the attack had been the result of the cruel treatment bestowed upon the natives by the Spaniards, with whom they had naturally confounded our men, determined to leave them alone; and the same night sailed north, seeking some convenient spot where the men could land, and obtain a supply of fresh provisions. Such a place they found at Philip's Bay, in latitude 32 degrees. Here they came to an anchor; and an Indian, described as a comely personage of a goodly stature, his apparel being a white garment reaching scarcely to his knees, came on board in a canoe.
His arms and legs were naked; his hair upon his head very long, and without a beard; of very gentle, mild, and humble nature, and tractable to learn the use of everything.
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