This Christian's name was _John Ortiz_, and he was born in _Seville_, of worshipful parentage. He was twelve years in the hands of the Indians. He came into this country with _Pamphilo de Narvaez_, and returned in the ships to the Island of _Cuba_, where the wife of the Governor _Pamphilo de Narvaez_ was, and by his commandment with twenty or thirty others in a brigantine returned back again to _Florida_, and coming to the port in the sight of the town, on the shore they saw a cane sticking in the ground, and riven at the top, and a letter in it; and they believed that the governor had left it there to give advertisement of himself when he resolved to go up into the land, and they demanded it of four or five Indians which walked along the sea-shore, and they bade them by signs to come on shore for it, which against the will of the rest _John Ortiz_ and another did. And as soon as they were on land, from the houses of the town issued a great number of Indians, which compassed them about and took them in a place where they could not flee; and the other, which sought to defend himself, they presently killed upon the place, and took John _Ortiz_ alive, and carried him to _Ucita_ their lord. And those of the brigantine sought not to land, but put themselves to sea, and returned to the Island of _Cuba_. _Ucita_ commanded to bind _John Ortiz_ hand and foot upon four stakes aloft upon a raft, and to make a fire under him, that there he might be burned. But a daughter of his desired him that he would not put him to death, alleging that one only Christian could do him neither hurt nor good, telling him that it was more for his honor to keep him as a captive. And _Ucita_ granted her request, and commanded him to be cured of his wounds; and as soon as he was whole he gave him the charge of the keeping of the temple, because that by night the wolves did carry away the dead corpses out of the same--who commended himself to God and took upon him the charge of his temple. One night the wolves got from him the corpse of a little child, the son of a principal Indian, and going after them he threw a dart at one of the wolves, and struck him that carried away the corpse, who, feeling himself wounded left it, and fell down dead near the place; and he not woting what he had done, because it was night, went back again to the temple; the morning being come and finding not the body of the child, he was very sad. As soon as _Ucita_ knew thereof he resolved to put him to death, and sent by the track which he said the wolves went, and found the body of the child, and the wolf dead a little beyond, whereat _Ucita_ was much contented with the Christian, and with the watch which he kept in the temple, and from thenceforward esteemed him much. Three years after he fell into his hands there came another lord called _Mococo_, who dwelleth two days' journey from the port, and burnt his town. _Ucita_ fled to another town that he had in another sea-port.