They Found Likewise Some Mother-Of-Pearl.
The Sea Was Observed To Ebb And Flow Much More Here Than In
Any other part,
which the admiral attributed to the numbers of islands; and low water was
noticed to be when
The moon was S.S.W, contrary to what it is in Spain.
On Sunday the 18th November, the admiral returned to Puerto del Principe,
and erected a large wooden cross at its mouth. On Monday the 19th, he
resumed his voyage for the island, afterwards named Hispaniola, which some
of the Indians called Bohio, and others Babeque; yet it afterwards
appeared that Babeque was not Hispaniola, but the continent, for they
called it Caribana[6]. The Indian word Bohio signifies a house or
habitation; and as that term was applied to the island of Hispaniola, it
seemed to denote that it was full of Bohios or houses. On account of
contrary winds, the admiral spent three or four days cruising about the
island of Isabella, but did not go very near, lest the Indians he had on
board might escape; at this place they found many of the weeds they had
before met with on the ocean, and perceived that they were drifted by the
currents. Martin Alonzo Pinzon, learning from the Indians that there was
much gold at Bohio, and eager to enrich himself, left the admiral on
Wednesday the 21st November, without any stress of weather or other
legitimate cause; his ship being always foremost, as the best sailer, he
slipped off at night unperceived.
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