Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene always survived this, to be killed with stones some time later; these are sometimes called his "second" and "first martyrdom". This episode takes place between them, when after the archery, Irene, who is normally accompanied by her maid, is shown either taking an unconscious Sebastian down from the tree or post he was tied to, or when they have got him to a bed and are treating his wounds. In both scenes Irene is usually shown pulling out one of the arrows. Sometimes she is putting ointment on the wounds; a jar of ointment was her attribute. Both scenes are
Bay of Arrows was named after this encounter. Columbus makes no mention of the Bay of Arrows being named for the skirmish that resulted of his failed attempt to trade for weapons of the Indians. It would seem more likely by reading Columbus's log that the Bay of Arrows is named after the chance to study the weapons brandished by the Indians. Several historians (including Washington Irving and Samuel Morison) thought the location of Columbus’ encounter at the Bay of Arrows was in the modern day Bay of Samaná. By the account of Washington Irving in his 1850 work "The Life and Voyages