Thebuildingofthefortbecameapleasurableenterprise.
WebrokeupwithsingingtheSantaMaria,andwithherbonesbuiltthewalls.Guacanagariandhispeoplehelped.Allwashurried.TheAdmiralandViceroy,nowthathismindwasmadeup,woulddepartassoonasmightbe.
WebuiltLaNavidadwhereitmightviewthesea,uponahillsideaboveabrownriverslidingouttoocean.Beyondthestream,inthegroves,aquarter-leagueaway,stoodthehundredhutsofGuarico.Webuiltatowerandstorehouseandwallofwoodandwediggedaroundallsomekindofmoat,andmountedthreelombards.AllthatwecouldliftfromtheSantaMariaandwhatthe_Nina_couldspareusofarms,conveniencesandfoodwentintoourarsenalandstorehouse.Wehadabubblingspringwithintheenclosure.
WhenallwasdonethetowerofLaNavidad,thoughaninfantbesidetowersofEurope,mightsufficeforthefirsthereofitsbrood.Itwasdoneinaweekfromthatshipwreck.
WhowastobeleftatLaNavidad?Leavewasgiventovolunteerandthemariners\'listwassoonmadeup,goodmenandnotsogood.FromthepooptherevolunteeredPedroGutierrezandRoderigodeEscobedo.TheAdmiraldidnotblocktheirwish,buthegavethecommandnottoEscobedowhowishedit,buttoDiegodeAranawhomhenamedtostay,havingpersuadedhimwhowouldratherhavereturnedwiththe_Nina_.ButhecouldtrustDiegodeArana,and,withreason,hewasnotsureofthoseotherhidalgos.