A Taíno interpreter tells fleeing villagers the Spaniards come from the sky

… These went to the village, which was 4 leagues and a half to the southeast, which they found in a very great valley, and empty, because as soon as they heard the Christians coming they all fled inland, leaving everything they had. The village was of 1,000 houses and of more than 3,000 men. The Indian the Christians had with them ran after them shouting, telling them not to be afraid, that the Christians were no people of Cariba, and that they were from the sky, and that they gave many beautiful things to all those they found. What they said made such an impression on them that they were reassured, and more than 2,000 of them came together, and they all came to the Christians and put their hands on their heads, which was a sign of great reverence and friendship, and they were all trembling until they were well reassured. The Christians said that after they were no longer afraid they all went to their houses, and each one brought them some of what he had to eat, which is bread of niames, which are some roots like large radishes, which grow, which they sow and grow and plant in all their lands, and it is their life; …