In
The End Of That Point, That Goeth Very Farre, There Is An Isle, As I Was
Told, All Of Copper.
This I have not seene.
They say that from the isle of
copper, which is a league in the lake when they are minded to thwart it in
a faire and calme wether, beginning from sun rising to sun sett, they come
to a great island, from whence they come the next morning to firme lande
att the other side; so by reason of 20 leagues a day that lake should be
broad of 6 score and 10 leagues. The wildmen doe not much lesse when the
weather is faire.
Five dayes after we came to a place where there was a company of Christinos
that weare in their Cottages. They weare transported for joy to see us come
backe. They made much of us, and called us men indeed, to performe our
promisse to come and see them againe. We gave them great guifts, which
caused some suspicion, for it is a very jealous nation. But the short stay
that we made tooke away that jealousy. We went on and came to a hollow
river which was a quarter of a mile in bredth. Many of our wildmen went to
win the shortest way to their nation, and weare then 3 and 20 boats, for we
mett with some in that lake that joyned with us, and came to keepe us
company, in hopes to gett knives from us, which they love better then we
serve God, which should make us blush for shame.
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