▁F ray ▁Mar cos ▁de ▁N iza ' s ▁expedition , ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁non - native ▁to ▁visit ▁Haw ik uh , ▁in ▁ 1 5 3 9 . ▁▁ ▁" Ste phen ▁reached ▁C ib ola ▁[ H aw ik uh ] ▁loaded ▁with ▁the ▁large ▁quantity ▁of ▁tur qu o ises ▁they ▁had ▁given ▁him , ▁and ▁some ▁beautiful ▁women ▁whom ▁the ▁Indians ▁who ▁followed ▁him ▁and ▁carried ▁his ▁things ▁were ▁taking ▁with ▁them ▁and ▁had ▁given ▁him . ▁These ▁had ▁followed ▁him ▁from ▁all ▁the ▁settlement s ▁he ▁had ▁passed , ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁under ▁his ▁protection ▁they ▁could ▁traverse ▁the ▁whole ▁world ▁without ▁any ▁danger . But ▁as ▁the ▁people ▁in ▁this ▁country ▁were ▁more ▁intellig ent ▁than ▁those ▁who ▁followed ▁Stephen , ▁they ▁lod ged ▁him ▁in ▁a ▁little ▁h ut ▁they ▁had ▁outside ▁their ▁village , ▁and ▁the ▁older ▁men ▁and ▁the ▁govern ors ▁heard ▁this ▁story ▁and ▁took ▁steps ▁to ▁find ▁out ▁the ▁reason ▁he ▁had ▁come ▁to ▁that ▁country . ▁For ▁three ▁days ▁they ▁made ▁in qui ries ▁about ▁him ▁and ▁held ▁a ▁council . ▁The ▁account ▁which ▁the ▁negro ▁gave ▁them ▁of ▁two ▁white ▁men ▁who ▁were ▁following ▁him , ▁sent ▁by ▁a ▁great ▁lord , ▁who ▁knew ▁about ▁the ▁things ▁in ▁the ▁sky , ▁and ▁how ▁these ▁were ▁coming ▁to ▁instruct ▁them ▁in ▁divine ▁matters , ▁made ▁them ▁think ▁that ▁he ▁must ▁be ▁a ▁sp y ▁or ▁a ▁guide ▁from ▁some ▁nations ▁who ▁wished ▁to ▁come ▁and ▁conquer ▁them , ▁because ▁it