Next Saturday He Advanced Thirty Leagues
Farther, Admiring The Beauty And Extent Of The Island, And Passing Cabo
De Padre Y Hijo, Or Cape Father And Son, Puerto Sacro, Or Sacred Port,
And Cabo De Les Enamorados, Or Lovers Cape.
Near this last cape an
extraordinarily large bay was discovered, three leagues wide, having a
small island in the middle.
He remained for some time at this place, on
purpose to observe an eclipse which was expected to take place on the 17th,
the opposition of Jupiter and the moon, and the conjunction of the sun and
Mercury in opposition to Jupiter. At this place the admiral sent a boat on
shore for water, where some men were found armed with bows and arrows,
from one of whom they bought a bow and some arrows, and persuaded him to
go on board to visit the admiral. When asked for the habitation of the
Caribbees, this person pointed to the eastwards; and when asked where gold
was to be had, he pointed towards the island of Porto Rico, saying it
produced much guania, or pale gold, which is highly valued by the
Indians. The admiral gave this man two pieces of red and green cloth, and
some glass beads, and then set him on shore. Fifty-five naked Indians lay
in ambush in the wood, but the Indian who had been on board, made them lay
down their arms and come to the boat. These men wore their hair long, like
the Spanish women, having their heads ornamented with large plumes of
feathers.
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