A similar incident is reported in the visit to Jamaica, which soon followed.

Columbus made a careful examination of that island.

Then he crossed to Hispaniola, where, from the Indians, he received such accounts from the new town of Isabella as assured him that all was well there.
With his own indomitable zeal, he determined now to go to the Carib islands and administer to them the vengeance he had ready.

But his own frame was not strong enough for his will.

He sank exhausted, in a sort of lethargy.