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j 119 C H A P T E R F I F T Y- F I V E How Garcia’s Indians Populated This Place At half a league there was another, smaller town, of about seventy houses, and of the same tribe of the Sococies. 1 At four leagues there were another two towns of the Chaneses who settled in that land, part of those people whom, as I mentioned earlier, Garcia had brought from the interior of the country. They had taken women into that land, and many of the Indians came to look at them and get acquainted. The whole time they said they were very happy and great friends of the Christians because of the good treatment meted out to them by Garcia when he brought them from their own country. Some of these Indians brought along beads, pearls, and other things they said Garcia had given them when they came along with him. All these Indians are hard-working farmers, breeders of ducks and chickens. The chickens are like those of Spain, and so are the ducks. The Governor treated these Indians well, gave them some of his trade goods and trinkets, and received them as vassals of Your Majesty. But he also implored them and warned them, saying to them that they needed to be good and loyal to Your Majesty and to the Christians. And if they were to do this, they would be favored and well treated, better than they had been before. ...

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