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98 j C H A P T E R F O R T Y- S E V E N He Sends for an Interpreter for the Payaguaes Three days after the natives of the port of Ipananie sent for an Indian interpreter, the man came to where the Governor was. He offered to go along with the Governor’s party and show him the country of the Payaguaes. Having contented the Indians of the port, the Governor set sail up the Río Paraguay. He arrived four days later at a port they called Guayviaño, which is where the Guarani settlements end. 1 He told his party to drop anchor here so that he might speak to the natives of the place. These people indeed appeared, and their chiefs brought along a lot of supplies for the Governor. The Spaniards received them happily. The Governor treated the Indians well, ordering his party to pay them for everything. 2 He graciously gave the chiefs in return a large number of trade goods and trinkets and other things. TheIndianstoldtheGovernorthatthehorsemenwhohadgoneoninto the interior had already arrived in their towns, where they had been well received, with their needs taken care of. The Indians had guided them and directed them some distance ahead to a place close to the port of Itabitan, where the horsemen said they would await the arrival of our brigantines. 3 Armed with this knowledge, the Governor hastily ordered the party to set sail, leaving the port of Guayviaño. The brigantines caught a good wind upriver, and they arrived at the port of Itabitan that same day at nine in the morning. The Governor found that the horsemen had all arrived hale and hearty. These troops told the Governor they had passed through the towns in the district in peace and harmony and had shared out in these places numerous gifts of goods and trinkets they carried along for that purpose. ...

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