He believed he was seeing the many fires (fuego in Spanish) of the Yaghan, which were visible from the sea, and that the "Indians" were waiting in the forests to ambush his armada.
Cría ver os numerosos lumes (fuego en castelán) dos yámana, que eran visibles desde o mar, e que os "indios" esperaban nos bosques para emboscar á súa armada.