Midnight
But that is not probable , and we upon the _ Santa Maria _ held that to see burning wood on shore , though naught showed of that shore itself , was truly first to view , first of all of us , that land we sought . He did not care for the ten thousand maravedies , but he cared that it should be said that God showed it first to him . The wind pushed us on with the flat of a great hand . Midnight and after midnight . At the sight of that flame we should have fired our cannon , but for some reason this was not done . Now the silver silence beyond the ship was torn across by the _ Pinta 's _ gun . She fired , then came near us .