Then he said, by an interpreter: "We have heard how you have enveloped, by your power, all these countries, and how much afraid of you the people have been.

But I have to exhort you, and to tell you that there are two ways when men leave this body.

One is dark and dismal; it is for those who have injured the race of men.

The other is delightful and pleasant; it is for those who, while alive, have loved peace and the repose of mankind.

If, then, you remember that you are mortal, and what these retributions are, you will do no harm to any one." Columbus told him in reply that he had known of the two roads after death, and that he was well pleased to find that the natives of these lands knew of them; for he had not expected this.