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234 RECEPTION BV THE SPANIARDS,
ten men with common appetites would have
done. It is amazing, that our eating to the
excess we had done, from the time we first
got amongst these kind Indians, had not kill¬
ed us; we were never satisfied, and used to
take all opportunities, for some months after,
of filling our pockets when we were not seen,
that we might get up two or three times in
the night to cram ourselves. Captain Cheap
used to declare, that he was quite ashamed of
himself. After supper, the corregidore carried
us to the Jesuits’ college, attended by the sol¬
diers, and all the rabble of the town. This
was intended at present for our prison, till
orders were received from the governor, who
resided at Chaco, above thirty leagues from
this place. When we got to the college, the
corregidore desired the father provincial, as
they styled him, or head of the Jesuits here,
io find out what religion we were of, or whe¬
ther we had any or not. He then retired,
the gates were shut, and we were conducted
to a cell. We found in it something like
beds spread on the floor, and an old ragged
shirt a-piece, but clean, which was of infinite
service to us; nor did eating at first give me
half the satisfaction this treasure of an old