They were now told that the King of Canoaboa( *) and the King Mayreni had killed them and burned the village.
(*) "Canoaboa" was thought to mean "Land of Gold." They said, as the others had done, that Guacanagari was wounded in the thigh and they, like the others, said they would go and summon him.

The Spaniards made them some presents, and they, too, disappeared.
Early the next morning the Admiral himself, with a party, including Dr.
Chanca, went ashore.
"And we went where the town used to be, which we saw all burnt, and the clothes of the christians were found on the grass there.

At that time we saw no dead body.

There were among us many different opinions, some suspecting that Guacanagari himself was (concerned) in the betrayal or death of the christians, and to others it did not appear so, as his town was burnt, so that the thing was very doubtful." The Admiral directed the whole place to be searched for gold, as he had left orders that if any quantity of it were found, it should be buried.
While this search was being made, he and a few others went to look for a suitable place for a new settlement.

They arrived at a village of seven or eight houses, which the inhabitants deserted at once.