▁sp elled ▁Sam o et , ▁Sa om ete ▁or ▁Sa omet o ). ▁( T ain o ▁chief s ▁and ▁villages ▁often ▁shared ▁a ▁name . ▁Ke eg an ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁confusion ▁of ▁spell ings ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁gram matically ▁differ ing ▁forms ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁chief ▁and ▁for ▁the ▁village ▁or ▁island , ▁or ▁was ▁simply ▁due ▁to ▁Columb us ' s ▁difficulty ▁with ▁the ▁Luc ay an ▁language .) ▁Columb us ▁spent ▁three ▁days ▁sail ing ▁back ▁and ▁forth ▁along ▁the ▁shore ▁of ▁an ▁island ▁seeking ▁S ama ot . ▁At ▁one ▁point ▁he ▁sought ▁to ▁reach ▁S ama ot ▁by ▁sail ing ▁east ward , ▁but ▁the ▁water ▁was ▁too ▁shall ow , ▁and ▁he ▁felt ▁that ▁sail ing ▁around ▁the ▁island ▁was ▁" a ▁very ▁long ▁way ". ▁Ke eg an ▁interpre ts ▁this ▁description ▁to ▁fit ▁the ▁A ck l ins / C ro oked ▁Islands ▁group , ▁with ▁a ▁ship ▁in ▁the ▁west ▁side ▁being ▁able ▁to ▁see ▁the ▁western ▁shore ▁of ▁A ck l ins ▁Island ▁across ▁the ▁very ▁shall ow ▁waters ▁of ▁the ▁B ight ▁of ▁A ck l ins , ▁where ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁village ▁that ▁stretch ed ▁about ▁ ▁along ▁the ▁shore . ▁ ▁Amer igo ▁V esp ucci ▁spent ▁almost ▁four ▁months ▁in ▁the ▁Bah am as ▁in ▁ 1 4 9 9 ▁to ▁ 1 5 0 0 . ▁His ▁log ▁of ▁that ▁time ▁is ▁vague , ▁perhaps ▁because ▁he ▁was ▁tres pass ing ▁on ▁Columb us