During his circumnavigation of the globe, Francis Drake, the famous pirate and explorer, pitched anchor at a unnamed island to restock his supplies of food and fresh water. While he was buying supplies, the natives warned him to stay away from a nearby small cay that was supposedly the lair of the "Gods of the Dead" Local custom had the natives place the dead and terminally ill on the island, where the gods supposedly then took them, body and soul, to live on forever. Interested by the story, Drake decided to investigate. Watching from the safety of his ship, Drake observed a group of natives put a dying man on the beach of the island. The natives then blew several calls from a conch shell, then quickly returned to their boats and left. Shortly after, Drake saw several figures stagger out