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Rescue of Prisoners From Cannibals

           IsetFridaytoworktoboilingandstewing,andmadethemaverygooddish,Iassureyou,offleshandbroth,havingputsomebarleyandricealsointothebroth; andasIcookeditwithoutdoors,forImadenofirewithinmyinnerwall,soIcarrieditallintothenewtent,andhavingsetatablethereforthem,Isatdownandatemyowndinneralsowiththem,andaswellasIcouldcheeredthem,andencouragedthem; Fridaybeingmyinterpreter,especiallytohisfather,and,indeed,totheSpaniardtoo;fortheSpaniardspokethelanguageofthesavagesprettywell. 

           Afterwehaddined,orrathersupped,IorderedFridaytotakeoneofthecanoesandgoandfetchourmusketsandotherfire-arms,which,forwantoftime,wehadleftupontheplaceofbattle; andthenextdayIorderedhimtogoandburythedeadbodiesofthesavages,whichlayopentothesun,andwouldpresentlybeoffensive; andIalsoorderedhimtoburythehorridremainsoftheirbarbarousfeast,whichIknewwereprettymuch,andwhichIcouldnotthinkofdoingmyself; nay,Icouldnotbeartoseethem,ifIwentthatway. Allwhichhepunctuallyperformed,anddefacedtheveryappearanceofthesavagesbeingthere; sothatwhenIwentagainIcouldscarceknowwhereitwas,otherwisethanbythecornerofthewoodpointingtotheplace. 

           Ithenbegantoenterintoalittleconversationwithmytwonewsubjects; andfirst,IsetFridaytoinquireofhisfatherwhathethoughtoftheescapeofthesavagesinthatcanoe,andwhetherwemightexpectareturnofthem,withapowertoogreatforustoresist. Hisfirstopinionwas,thatthesavagesintheboatnevercouldliveoutthestormwhichblewthatnighttheywentoff,butmust,ofnecessity,bedrowned,ordrivensouthtothoseothershores,wheretheywereassuretobedevouredastheyweretobedrownediftheywerecastaway. 

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