d their
harvests; and since their custom is to be enemies to those who are
such to their friends, they do not lack opportunity for fighting.

While on a plundering expedition, if they could take their enemy
alive they did not kill him. If any one slew a captive after his
surrender, he must pay for him with his own money; and if he were
unable to do so he was held as a slave. The booty that they take,
whatever it may be, belongs to the chiefs, except a small portion
which is given to the timaguas who go with them as oarsmen. But if
many chiefs went on a raid, the one who offered the _magaanito,_
or the sacrifice mentioned above, received half of the booty, and
the other half belonged to the other chiefs.

_Captured chiefs._ If any chief were taken captive, he was well
treated; and if any friend ransomed the captive because he was far
from home, the captive returned to him double the amount that his
friend had paid for him, because of his good offices in withdrawing
the chief from captivity; for the latter would, otherwise, always
remain a prisoner. When a chief was taken captive, or committed
adultery or murder, all his relatives contributed toward his ransom,
each according to the degree of his kinship; and if the relatives
had not means to do this the chief remained a slave.

_Borrowing._ If they lent rice to anyone, one year was allowed for
repaying it, since it is something that is planted. If the loan were
not repaid after the first harvest, double the amount was to be paid at
the second; at the third harvest, fourfold was due on an unpaid loan;
and so on, regularly increasing. This was the only usury among them,
although some have stated otherwise; but those persons were not well
informed. Now, some who are lazy, and unwilling to exert themselves
to pay the tribute, ask a loan for this purpose, and repay a somewhat
larger sum.

_Inheritances._ It is their custom to share inheritances in the
following manner. If a man died and left four children, the property
and the slaves were divided into four equal parts, and each one
of the children took his own share. If the dead man left a bastard
child, the latter would receive only what the brothers were pleased
to give him; for he had no right to one of the shares, nor could he
take more than what his brothers voluntarily gave him, or the legacy
made by his father in his favor. If the father chose to favor any of
his children in his will, he did so. If the dead man le