A merchant sailor came to San Marcos, Icod in search of Croton Lechleri sap from the Drago tree. The sap has medicinal properties and is valuable. While resting on the beach, he saw native women bathing in the sea. One beautiful woman captured his attention and offered him fruits. As he ate an apple, the woman fled into a grove of trees. The sailor pursued her but found his way blocked by a Drago tree that was shaking its leaves like daggers. Thinking it was protecting the woman, he threw a dart at the tree, causing it to bleed from its trunk. Frightened by what he had done, believing he had injured a dragon, the sailor