Columbus lands at Samaná a Taíno man brought back from Castile

On Friday, the 22nd of the same month of November, the Admiral made the first land of the island of la Española, which is on the North side, and some 15 leagues from the last of the island of Sant Juan, and there he had put ashore one of the Indians whom he brought from Castile, charging him to induce all the Indians of his land, which was the province of Samaná, which was near there, to love the Christians, and to tell of the greatness of the sovereigns of Castile and of the great things of those kingdoms; he offered to do it, with very good will; afterwards nothing more was known of this Indian, and it was believed that he must have died. The Admiral continued his way and coming to the Cape which, when he discovered it on the first voyage, he named cabo del Angel, as was said above in chapter 67, some Indians came to the ships in their canoes with food and other things, to barter them with the Christians, and, as the fleet went to anchor at Monte-Christi, a boat went out toward land, to a river that appeared there; …