And so I am doing, and it will be five leagues from the island of San Salvador, and farther from some of the rest, nearer to others.

They all are very flat, without mountains and very fertile, and all inhabited.

And they make war upon each other although they are very simple, and (they are) very beautifully formed." Monday, October 15, Columbus, on arriving at the island for which he had set sail, went on to a cape, near which he anchored at about sunset.

He gave the island the name of Santa Maria de la Concepcion.( *) (*) This is supposed to be Caico del Norte.
"At about sunset I anchored near the said cape to know if there were gold there, for the men whom I had taken at the Island of San Salvador told me that there they wore very large rings of gold on their legs and arms.

I think that all they said was for a trick, in order to make their escape.