"The people here are very timid, and are all naked, men and women, as their mothers bore them; and they have no weapons, nor know them, for I showed them swords, and they took them by the edge and cut …"

"I should believe that they would easily be made Christians, because they have no religion."

"No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service."

"I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy."

"I recognized that they were people who would be better freed [from error] and converted to our Holy Faith by love than by force."