The Same
Customs Were Followed By The Women In Another Island, Called Matrimonio Or
The Island Of Matrimony, And This Woman Gave An Account Of These Islanders
Similar To What We Read Concerning The Amazons; And The Admiral Believed
It Because Of The Strength And Courage Of These Women[9].
It is also said
that these women seemed to have clearer understandings than those of the
other islands; for in
The other islands they only reckon the day by the
sun and the nights by the moon, whereas these women reckoned by other
stars, saying that it is time to do such and such things when the great
bear or certain other stars, as it may be, are due north.
When they had made provision of bread for twenty days besides what they
had on board, the admiral resolved to continue his voyage into Spain. But,
considering that the island of Guadaloupe was an inlet to others, he
thought fit to send all the women on shore, having first made them some
gifts in compensation of the loss they had sustained; except the chief
lady, who chose to go into Spain with her daughter along with the other
Indians from Hispaniola. One of these was Cannabo, the chief cacique of
that island in the late disturbances, who was himself a Carib and not a
native of that island. Having furnished all the vessels with bread, wood,
and water, the admiral set sail on Wednesday the twentieth of April from
Guadaloupe, with the wind very scant, keeping near the latitude of
twenty-two degrees north:
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