In its incidents of Indian life it recalls the experiences of Columbus.  When the great discoverer first came to the island of Hispaniola it is related, “they saw certaine men of the Islande who perceiving an unknowen native comming toward them, flocked together and ran into the thicke woodes, as it had bin hares coursed with greyhoundes.  Our men pursuing them took only one woman, whom they brought, to the ships, where filling her with meate and wine, and apparrelling her, they let her depart to her companie.”  Also, “their boates are made only of one tree made hollow with a certain sharpe stone, for they have no yron, and are very long and narrow.”  And again, “when our men went to prayer, and kneeled on their knees, after the manner of the Christians, they did the like also.  And after what manner soever they saw them pray to the crosse, they followed them in all poyntes as well as they could.” [Footnote:  Peter Martyr, Dec.  LL in Eden.].  The Verrazzano letter tells us, in like phrase, that when they landed at the end of fifty leagues from the landfall, “we found that the people had fled to the woods for fear.  By searching around we discovered in the grass a very old woman and a young girl of about eighteen or twenty, who had concealed themselves for the same reason.  We gave them a part of our provisions, which they accepted with delight, but the girl would not touch any.”  At the same place, it is added, “we saw many of their boats made of one tree, without the aid of stone or iron or other kind of metal.”  And to make the parallel complete, the letter asserts of the natives, “they are very easy to be persuaded and imitated us with earnestness and fervor in all which they saw us do as Christians in our acts of worship.”  While they were taking in their supplies and interchanging civilities with the Indians in the harbor of the great bay, the following scene of royalty is described as having occurred.  “One of the two kings often came with his queen and many gentlemen (gentili uomini) to see us for his amusement, but he always stopped at the distance of about two hundred paces, and sent a boat to inform us of his intended visit, saying they would come and see our ship.  This was done for safety, and as soon as they had an answer from us, they came off and remained awhile to look around; but on hearing the annoying cries of the sailors, the king sent the queen with her maids (demizelle) in a very light boat to wait near an island, a quarter of a league distant from us while he remained a long time on board.”  This hyperbolical description of the visit of the sachem of Cape Cod accompanied by the gentlemen of his household and of his squaw queen with her maids of honor, has its prototype in the visit paid to Bartholomew Columbus, during the absence of his brother, the admiral, by Bechechio the king or cacique of Xacagua and his sister, the queen dowager, Anacoana, who are represented as going to the ship of the Adelantado in two canoes, “one for himself and certayne of his gentlemen,