He saw all his enterprise milk-white, rose-bright.

And his pride was touched that the Indian who had seemed contented had not truly been so, and that the _Nina_'s men had disobeyed strict commands for friendliness.

He would restore that content if possible, and he would have no more unordered chasing of canoes.

The Nina's men got anger and rebuke, Captain Cristoforo Colombo mounting up in the Admiral.
He would let nothing in the canoe be touched.

Instead he had placed aboard a pot of honey and a flask of wine and three pieces of cloth, then with a strong shove it was sent landward, and the tide making in, it came to shore.