Martin Pinzon came on board the Nina and offered excuses for his absence.

Columbus was not really satisfied with them, but he affected to be, as this was no moment for a quarrel.

He believed that Pinzon had left him, that, in the Pinta, he might be alone when he discovered the rich gold-bearing island of Babeque or Baneque.
Although the determination was made to return, another week was spent in slow coasting, or in waiting for wind.

It brought frequent opportunities for meeting the natives, in one of which they showed a desire to take some of their visitors captive.

This would only have been a return for a capture made by Pinzon of several of their number, whom Columbus, on his meeting Pinzon, had freed.