Before revision: 250px|Distribution of Arawaks, Caribs, and Guanajatabey in the West Indies, c. 1492 Lest his readers begin to get wary, Columbus rounds off with a more optimistic report, saying the local Indians of Hispaniola also told him about a very large island nearby which "abounds in countless gold" ("en esta ay oro sin cuenta").
After revision: 250px|Distribution of Arawaks, Caribs, and Guanajatabey in the West Indies, c. 1492 Columbus rounds off with a more optimistic report, saying the local Indians of Hispaniola also told him about a very large island nearby which "abounds in countless gold" ("en esta ay oro sin cuenta").