[ WP ] An alien race encounters the most terrifying predator imaginable . A lone , unarmed human .

The man was found by a hunting group. He was lying unconscious and unclothed by the bank of the great river. 
 
 The hunters carried him back to their village. He was cared for there. Though he had but few waking moments in the first days and seemed confused during these, he was fed soup and water. His cheeks, which had been as pale as snow, gained a rosy colour. This was a source of amusement to the people of the tribe as their dark skin rarely became so red. 
 
 After about a week the man regained full consciousness. In the following days - and with difficulty - he communicated with the tribe. He said he was from a land across the seas called Spain. He said also that he was anxious to try and return to his own people, who had only recently arrived on these alien shores. 
 
 The man, however, did not get his wish. His condition, which had initially been so promising, declined suddenly. He began to sneeze frequently, and his breathing became as wheezy as an old bellows. He died on the third day of this illness. The tribesmen laid his body on a raft and consigned it to the great river. At this ceremony one of the elders who had cared for the stranger was herself seen to be sneezing. She died a number of days later. The illness which the Spaniard had carried spread rapidly from there. The tribe, which had numbered almost 200, was all but wiped out within a month.
