would be able
to see him. And with that, they (the Indians) went away."

They stopped two days at a harbor which they called Monte Christi, to
see if it were a suitable place for a town, for the Admiral did not feel
altogether satisfied with the place where the settlement of La Navidad
had been made on the first voyage. This Monte Christi was near "a great
river of very good water" (the Santiago). But it is all an inundated
region, and very unfit to live in.

"As they were going along, viewing the river and land, some of our men
found, in a place close by the river, two dead men, one with: a cord
(lazo) around his neck, and the other with one around his foot. This was
the first day. On the next day following, they found two other dead men
farther on than these others. One of these was in such a position
that it could be known that he had a plentiful beard. Some of our men
suspected more ill than good, and with reason, as the Indians are all
beardless, as I have said."

This port was not far from the port where the Spanish settlement had
been made on the first voyage, so that there was great reason for these
anxieties. They set sail once more for the settlement, and arrived
opposite the harbor of La Navidad on the twenty-seventh of November. As
they were approaching the harbor, a canoe came towards them, with five
or six Indians on board, but, as the Admiral kept on his course without
waiting for them, they went back.

The Spaniards arrived outside the port of La Navidad so late that they
did not dare to enter it that night. "The Admiral commanded two Lombards
to be fired, to see if the christians replied, who had been left with
the said Guacanagari, (this was the friendly cacique Guacanagari of the
first voyage), for they too had Lombards," "They never replied, nor did
fires nor signs of houses appear in that place, at which the people were
much discouraged, and they had the suspicion that was natural in such a
case."

"Being thus all very sad, when four or five hours of the night had
passed, there came the same canoe which they had seen the evening
before. The Indians in it asked for the Admiral and the captain of one
of the caravels of the first voyage. They were taken to the Admiral's
ship, but would not come on board until they had spoken with him and
seen him." They asked for a light, and as soon as they knew him, they
entered the ship. They came from Guacanagari, and one of them was his
cousin.

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