On Wednesday The 20th Of August, The Admiral Got Sight Of The South Side
Of Hispaniola, And Called The First Point Cape St Michael, Which Is Thirty
Leagues Distant From The Most Easterly Point Of Jamaica; But Through The
Ignorance Of The Sailors That Cape Is Now Called Tiberoun.
From this
cape, on the 23d of August, a cacique came on board, who called the
admiral by his
Name, and had some other Spanish words, from which
circumstance he was convinced that this was the same land with Hispaniola.
At the end of August, he anchored at an island called Alto Velo, and
having lost sight of the other two ships, he caused some men to go on
shore in that little island which was very high, but they were unable to
see either of their consorts. When about to return on board, they killed
eight sea wolves that lay asleep on the sand, and took abundance of
pigeons and other birds; for that island being uninhabited, these animals
were unaccustomed to the sight of men, and allowed themselves to be
knocked down with sticks. They did the same on the two following days
waiting for the ships, which had been missing ever since the 22d of August.
At the end of six days they made their appearance, and all three proceeded
to the island Beata, twelve leagues from Alto Velo. Hence they continued
to coast along Hispaniola, in sight of a delightful country, which was a
plain of about a mile broad, before the hills began to ascend, and so
populous, that in one place there seemed to be a continued town for the
length of a league; and in that plain there appeared a lake five leagues
long from east to west.
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