The ceremonious Spaniards found a remarkable dignity in his air and gestures.

After the repast, one of his servants brought a handsome belt, elegantly wrought, which he presented to Columbus, with two small pieces of gold, also delicately wrought.
Columbus observed that this cacique looked with interest on the hangings of his ship-bed, and made a present of them to him, in return for his offering, with some amber beads from his own neck, some red shoes and a flask of orange flower water.
On the nineteenth, after these agreeable hospitalities, the squadron sailed again, and on the twentieth arrived at a harbor which Columbus pronounced the finest he had ever seen.

The reception he met here and the impressions he formed of Hispaniola determined him to make a colony on that island.

It may be said that on this determination the course of his after life turned.

This harbor is now known as the Bay of Azul.
The men, whom he sent on shore, found a large village not far from the shore, where they were most cordially received.