We saw two venture from the wood and draw it up on beach.
In a little while came around a point of shore a canoe with one Indian who made toward us, using his oar very dexterously, and when he entered our shadow holding up cotton and fruit.

It was to be seen that he had had no communication with the men of the large canoe.
The Admiral himself called out encouragingly and snatching the first small thing at hand held it up.

The Indian scrambled on board.

He stood, as fine a piece of bronze as any might see, before the Genoese, as great a figure as might be found in all Italy--all Spain--all Europe.
The elder touched the younger, the white man the red man, as a king, a father, might have touched a prince, a son.

He himself took the youth over our ship, showing him this, showing him that, had the music play for him, brought him to Fray Ignatio who talked of Christ, pointing oft to heaven.