. Die geschiedenen Westindien. Emies, die er sein Land in einen Krieg mit Spanien verwickeln wollte, trugen hart auf ihm, als, nachdem seine wohlwollende Schutzherrin starb, KingJames den Thron gewann. Nach den langen Jahren der Gefangenschaft im Turm wurde er ausdrücklich entlassen, um auf der Suche nach El Dorado zu salben und die fabelhaften Geschichten, die er erfunden hatte, um Königin Elisabeth zu gefallen, zu beweisen; auf jeden Fall riskierte er sein Leben in der Wagnis. Es gab zweifellos etwas sinisterin der perfidious Jamess Erlaubnis, in span-ish Gewässern zu cruisen, mit dem Vorbehalt, daß Raleigh nicht eine Begegnung provozieren sollte

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. The storied West Indies . emies that he wished to embroilhis country in a war with Spain bore hard upon himwhen, after his benevolent protectress died, KingJames gained the throne. After those long years of imprisonment in theTower he was released expressly to make anothervoyage in search of El Dorado, and to prove truethose fabulous stories he had invented to pleaseQueen Elizabeth; at all events, he risked his life inthe venture. There was doubtless something sinisterin the perfidious Jamess permission to cruise in Span-ish waters, with the proviso that Raleigh was not toprovoke an encounter with the Spaniards, for theking knew this to be well-nigh impossible. However, he reached Trinidad a second time in 1617, but wastaken sick and could not go up the Orinoco, so he gavethe command to another. This captain, Keymis, fought the Spaniards, contrary to Sir Waltersorders, lost several men, among them young Sir Wal-ter Raleigh, and burned a town; but found no goldwith which to return and avert the kings displeasure.. 282 THE STORIED WEST INDIES Raleigh had good occasion to reproach this recalci-trant officer, knowing well that his own life Avas nowforfeited, and his reproaches were so keen that poorKeymis ran himself through with his sword. Thus Trinidad and El Dorado rang the deathknell of the great Sir Walter, for immediately uponhis return in the Destiny (name of evil omen tohim) he was arrested, dragged to the Tower, andsix months later executed. Although a frivolouscourtier, Raleigh was a farseeing statesman, anddoubtless really intended that his country shouldacquire this beautiful island, two hundred years be-fore it actually became a British possession. But inhis aspirations he was thwarted by that wise idiot/7King James, who subordinated his kingdoms good toprivate and unholy aims. Raleighs treatment of the Indians was humane, even if his hatred of the Spaniards was intense, and, wrote a historian of the last century, the Caribs ofGuiana still fondly cherish the

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