Columbus says a divine voice comforted him on Christmas Day in Ayiti

… The news of the gold, which I said I would give, is that, on Christmas Day, being very afflicted, warred upon by the bad Christians and by Indians, on the point of leaving everything and escaping, if I could, with my life, Our Lord consoled me miraculously, and said: “Take courage, fear not, I will provide; of the seven years, the term of the gold, they have not passed, and in them and in the rest, remedy will be given you”: that day I learned that there were 80 leagues of land, and in all of them, next to them, mines: the appearance now is that it is so still. Some have gathered 120 castellanos in a day, and others 90, and up to 250 have been gathered, and 50 up to 70, and many others from 20 up to 50; this is held a good day’s wage, and many keep it up, the common is from 6 to 12, and whoever falls below this goes away discontent. It also appears that these mines are like the others, which yield unevenly from day to day, the mines are new, and the gatherers; …