[288-2] Tayno was also the tribal name of these people, who differentiated themselves from the Caribs. Peter Martyr reports the assertions of the followers of Guacamari that they were Taynos not Caribs: "Se Tainos, id est, nobiles esse, non Canibales, inclamitant." _De Rebus Oceanicis_, Dec. I., lib. II., p. 25. (Cologne ed. of 1574.)
[289-1] Las Casas, _Historia de las Indias_, II. 8, remarks of these bones, "They must have belonged to lords or persons whom they loved since it is not probable that they belonged to those they ate, because if they ate as many as some say, the cabins would not hold all the bones and skulls, and it seems that after having eaten them there would be no object in keeping the skulls and bones for relics unless they belonged to some very notable enemies. The whole matter is a puzzle."
[289-2] The name _Caribe_ here obviously has begun to have the meaning "cannibal," which is in origin the same word.
[289-3] This practice still survives among the Caribs. Im Thurn describes it in almost the same words as Dr. Chanca. See _Among the Indians of Guiana_, p. 192.
[290-1] These are the native names for Dominica (Ceyre) and Guadeloupe (Turuqueira and Ayay), which consists of two islands separated by a narrow channel.
[291-1] They left on Sunday, the 10th of November. Las Casas, _Historia_, II. 9.
[291-2] The island Montserrat. Las Casas, _ibid._
[291-3] The island of St. Martin. Las Casas, _ibid._
[293-2] Santa Cruz. November 14. Las Casas, _ibid._
[294-1] The Admiral named the largest of these islands St. Ursula, and all the others The Eleven Thousand Virgins. Las Casas, _Historia_, II. 10.
[294-2] The island of Porto Rico, to which the Admiral "gave the name of St. John the Baptist, which we now call Sant Juan and which the Indians called Boriquen." Las Casas, II. 10.
[295-1] See note to Journal, September 29. Frigate-bird is the accepted English name; a species of pelican.
[295-3] On Friday, the 22d of November, the Admiral first caught sight of the island of Española. Las Casas, II. 10.
[295-4] Cape Engaño, in the island of Española. (Navarrete.)
[295-6] See Journal, October 21. and note.[TN-6]
[296-1] Of this voyage of exploration there seems to be no record. Our natural sources, the _Historie_ and Las Casas, are silent. Columbus suspended his writing in his Journal from December 11, 1493, till March 12, 1494. Antonio de Torres sailed for Spain February 2, 1494, when Dr. Chanca sent off his letter. Probably this exploration was begun about December 20.