I'm Telling You That India

Following The Light Of The Sun, We Left The Old World.

I Came To Serve You At The Age Of 28 And Now I Have Not A Hair On Me That Is Not White, And My Body Is Infirm And Exhausted. All That Was Left To Me And My Brothers Has Been Taken Away And Sold, Even To The Cloak That I Wore, Without Hearing Or Trial, To My Great Dishonor.

I Am Not Solicitous To Examine Particularly Everything Here, Which Indeed Could Not Be Done In Fifty Years, Because My Desire Is To Make All Possible Discoveries, And Return To Your Highnesses, If It Please Our Lord, In April.

After Having Dispatched A Meal, I Went Ashore, And Found No Habitation Save A Single House, And That Without An Occupant; We Had No Doubt That The People Had Fled In Terror At Our Approach, As The House Was Completely Furnished.

I Have Come To Believe That This Is A Mighty Continent Which Was Hitherto Unknown. I Am Greatly Supported In This View By Reason Of This Great River [ozama], And By This Sea Which Is Fresh.