"And it is between this little Island of the Great Kammeni, that on the 23rd May in the Year 1707, at the break of Day, the New Island, of which I am now going to speak, was first discovered".

"Howsoever it was, some Seamen discovered this Island early in the Morning; but not being able to distinguish what it was, they imaged it to be some Vessel that had suffered Shipwreck, and was driven thither by the Sea. As soon as they found that it was a New Island, they grew afraid, and returning as hastily back again, spread the report over the whole Island; which was the more readily credited, because all the Inhabitants knew, and several of them had themselves seen what happened in the Year 1650".

Jesuit Priest Father Goree