Autograph manuscript page numbered 258: [n.p., n.d.].

The page reads: "by a Cacique with a numerous train, who remained until a late hour conversing with the Lucayan interpreter, who had been in Spain, about the Spaniards and their country, and their prowess in vanquishing the Caribs. On the following morning, when the ships were under weigh, they beheld three canoes issuing from among the islands of the bay. The centre one was large and handsomely carved and painted. In it were seated the Cacique and his family consisting of two daughters, young and beautiful, two sons and five brothers. They were all arrayed in their jewels, and attired by the officers of the chieftain, decorated with plumes and mantles of variegated feathers. The standard bearer stood in the prow with a fluttering white banner, while three Indians, fancifully painted, beat upon tabors or sounded trumpets of fine black wood ingeniously carved. The Cacique entering on board of the ship distributed presents among the crew, and approaching the admiral: "I have heard," said he, of the irresistible power of thy sovreigns [sic], and of the many nations thou hast subdued in their name. Thou hast destroyed the dwellings of the Caribs slaying their warriers and carrying their ..."