As they were going away, he gave each of them a golden jewel, as each "appeared to him to deserve it." "This gold," says Dr.Chanca, "is made in very delicate sheets, like our gold leaf, because they use it for making masks and to plate upon bitumen.

They also wear it on the head and for earrings and nose-rings, and therefore they beat it very thin as they only wear it for its beauty and not for its value." The Admiral decided to go to the cacique on the next day.

He was visited early in the day by his brother, who hurried on the visit.
The Admiral went on shore and all the best people (gente de pro) with him, "handsomely dressed, as would be suitable in a capital city." They carried presents with them, as they had already received gold from him.
"When we arrived, we found him lying in his bed, according to their custom, hanging in the air, the bed being made of cotton like a net.

He did not rise, but from the bed made a semblance of courtesy, as best he knew how.

He showed much feeling, with tears in his eyes, at the death of the Christians, and began to talk of it, showing, as best he could, how some died of sickness, and how others had gone to Canoaboa to seek for the gold mine, and that they had been killed there, and how the others had been killed in their town." He presented to the Admiral some gold and precious stones.