Nothing That Results In Human Progress Is

And They Know Neither Sect Nor Idolatry, With The Exception That All Believe That The Source Of All Power And Goodness Is In The Sky, And They Believe Very Firmly That I, With These Ships And People, Came From The Sky, And In This Belief They Everywhere Received Me, After They Had Overcome Their Fear.

I Should Be Judged As A Captain Who Went From Spain To The Indies To Conquer A People Numerous And Warlike, Whose Manners And Religion Are Very Different From Ours, Who Live In Sierras And Mountains, Without Fixed Settlements, And Where By Divine Will I Have Placed Under The Sovereignty Of The King And Queen Our Lords, An Other World, Whereby Spain, Which Was Reckoned Poor, Is Become The Richest Of Countries. Columbus Is Coming From The Indies As A Prisoner To Cadiz.

With Gold A Man Can Do Anything. It Even Sends Souls To Paradise.

I Saw A Boy Of The Crew Purchasing Javelins Of Them With Bits Of Platters And Broken Glass.

Stood Off And On During The Night, Determining Not To Come To Anchor Till Morning, Fearing To Meet With Shoals; Continued Our Course In The Morning; And As The Island Was Found To Be Six Or Seven Leagues Distant, And The Tide Was Against Us, It Was Noon When We Arrived There.