Read the following excerpt from A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida:
The same night following, the Governor with an hundred men in the brigantines lighted upon a town, which he found without people, because that as soon as the Christians had sight of land, they were descried, and saw along the coast many smokes, which the Indians had made to give advice the one to the other.
Which of the following can best be inferred from this passage?
The Spanish were completely lost.
The Spanish were very well respected by the Native Americans.
The Native Americans were afraid of the Spanish.
The Native Americans burned their villages before the Spanish came.
