With Gold A Man Can Do Anything.

I Ordered Each Man To Be Presented With Something, As Strings Of Ten Or A Dozen Glass Beads Apiece, And Thongs Of Leather, All Which They Estimated Highly; Those Which Came On Board I Directed Should Be Fed With Molasses.

Tomorrow Morning Before We Depart, I Intend To Land And See What Can Be Found In The Neighborhood.

It Was The Lord Who Put Into My Mind That Fact That It Would Be Possible To Sail From Here To The Indies. All Who Heard Of My Project Rejected It With Laughter, Ridiculing Me. There Is No Question That The Inspiration Was From The Holy Spirit, Because He Comforted Me With Rays Of Marvelous Inspiration From The Holy Scriptures.

It Is True That After They Have Been Reassured And Have Lost This Fear, They Are So Artless And So Free With All They Possess, That No One Would Believe It Without Having Seen It. Of Anything They Have, If You Ask Them For It, They Never Say No; Rather They Invite The Person To Share It, And Show As Much Love As If They Were Giving Their Hearts.

An Old Man Came On Board My Boat; The Others, Both Men And Women Cried With Loud Voices: "come And See The Men Who Have Come From The Sky. Bring Them Victuals And Drink."