Columbus cannot tell whether cacique means king or governor

… And he held it certain that if he could spend that feast of Christmas in that harbor, all the people of that island would come, which he now reckoned larger than England, to see them; who all went back with the Christians to the town, which, so he says, they affirmed to be the largest and best laid out in streets of the others passed and found until then, which, he says, lies on the side of the Punta Santa, nearly three leagues to the southeast. And as the canoes go fast under oars, they went ahead to give word to the Cacique, as they called him there. Until then the Admiral had not been able to understand whether they say it for king or for governor. They also say another name for a great man, whom they call Nitayno; he did not know whether they said it for nobleman or governor or judge. Finally, the Cacique came to them, and the whole town gathered in the square, which was very well swept, for there were more than 2,000 men. This king did much honor to the people of the ships, and the common people each brought them something to eat and to drink. …