Робінзон Крузо
Fight Between Friday and a Bear
butmywifedying,andmynephewcominghomewithgoodsuccessfromavoyagetoSpain,myinclinationtogoabroad,andhisimportunity,prevailed, andengagedmetogoinhisshipasaprivatetradertotheEastIndies. Thiswasintheyear1694.
InthisvoyageIvisitedmynewcolonyintheisland,sawmysuccessorstheSpaniards,hadthewholestoryoflives,andofthevillainsIleftthere; howatfirsttheyinsultedthepoorSpaniards,howtheyafterwardsagreed,disagreed,united,separated,andhowatlasttheSpaniardswereobligedtouseviolencewiththem; howtheyweresubjectedtotheSpaniards;howhonestlytheSpaniardsusedthem; ahistory,ifitwereenteredinto,asfullofvarietyandwonderfulaccidentsasmyownpart; particularlyalsoastotheirbattleswiththeCaribbeans,wholandedseveraltimesupontheisland,andastotheimprovementtheymadeupontheislanditself; andhowfiveofthemmadeanattemptuponthemainland,andbroughtawayelevenmenandfivewomenprisoners,bywhich,atmycoming,Ifoundabouttwentyyoungchildrenontheisland.
HereIstayedabouttwentydays,leftthemsuppliesofallnecessarythings,andparticularlyofarms,powder,shot,clothes,tools,andtwoworkmen,whichIbroughtfromEnglandwithme,viz.,acarpenterandasmith.
Besidesthis,Isharedtheislandintopartswiththem,reservedtomyselfthepropertyofthewhole,butgavethemsuchpartsrespectivelyastheyagreedon; andhavingsettledallthingswiththem,andengagedthemnottoleavetheplace,Ileftthemthere.
