It is understood, from some signs that we saw them make, that they are all pagans; and that they worship idols and the devil, to whom they sacrifice the booty obtained from their neighbors in war.

It is believed that they originated from the Tartars, from certain peculiarities found among them which correspond to those found in that people.
These islands extend north and south with the land of Labrador, which lies near Terra-nova [Newfoundland], and are not a great distance from Japon.

[35] It is quite safe to say that they have intercourse with the Tartars, and that they buy iron to sell it to the latter.

The Spaniards who passed these islands called them the islands of Ladrones ["Thieves"]; for in sober truth all these people are thieves, and very bold ones, very deft in stealing; and in this science they might instruct the Gitanos [gypsies], who wander through Europe.

In verification of this, I will recount an occurrence witnessed by many Spaniards, one which caused much wonder.