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On this island, we found a natives' town. Unfortunately, one of my captains, Pedro de Alvarado, frightened them with his weapons and shot at them. I was incensed at his behavior, but he was good soldier. Also, we found a shipwrecked Spanish, Jeronimo de Aguliar. He can speak both Spanish and the natives' language.
We captured two refugees, so I could explain our peaceful purpose and soothe them. And we returned everything we took from the temple and the town. They seemed like they never saw Europeans before.
They were idolaters. They worshiped several kinds of gods. And sacrificed human beings! But their temple was massively magnificent; it was made of stone and lime.
Even though they were idolaters, they had a figure that looked like a cross; it was a symbol for a god of rain. Since they know the figure of cross, it could be easy to introduce Christianity to the whole continent. But I could not bear seeing the idolatrous figures. We converted few natives to Christian.
However, we found not many profitable things from this town. But few natives were friendly to us. Some of them are willing to help us.
Today, we will sail along the coast, until we find another town. If everyone in this continent is like the Cozumel's people, it could be easy to explore.
