Columbus delays sailing as three Taíno return and the sea runs rough

He did not sail today because last night, so he says, three of the Indians he was bringing from the islands, who had stayed behind, came and told him that the others and their women were coming at sunrise. The sea too was somewhat rough, and the boat could not stay ashore; he resolved to sail tomorrow, by the grace of God. He said that if he had had the caravel Pinta with him he would have counted on bringing a barrel of gold, because he would have dared to follow the coasts of these islands, which he did not dare to do being alone, lest some mishap befall him and his return to Castile be prevented, and the news he was to give the Sovereigns of all the things he had found. And if it were certain that the caravel Pinta would reach Spain in safety with that Martín Alonso Pinzón, he said that he would not fail to do what he wished; …