Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-11-18
ACCOUNT

/ lumDus' lateiy published by the
| Chevaier MorelIi, Of the royal
library at Venice.
/ Columbus addressed this Iorg let.
=; ter 10 the king and queen Of Spain.
on the 7tb July. f5Os. at which
time be WIS at Jamaica, where he
had arrived on lis fourth voyage to
! the West Indies. Ii contains an &C.
7! count of the events Of his PASSAGE.
He sailed from (adiz on tie 9th Of
Nay, 1902. an, passing the (sna-
das, arrived II Damipiea. ut which
Isle bis misfoltunts eOmmrncpd.s.
i" When ] reached this lsIartt,"
| (sa, br.) addressed q packet Of
letters toy. W majesty, in ~kirb 1
F. earnestl. requested = slip and some
!! money; one OF the vessels had With
| a,e Wa. no longer ses vGrthy.--Your
majesty knows whether or nol ny
letter rfLthed YOU in Your n.a.ies.
tvs answer you forbid ne from re-
naming Oh 81 ore. or even from de.
barking" This neus, il seems,
caused despair amongst tie coppa.
Mons OF Columbus. he dsneer
was great. CONTINUES he and ! still
remember tie night v ben, tie ships
having been dispersed, We bad no.
thing TO ex, ect hut death F; each man
looked bis companies in the face end
gave himself " is lost. And WHO
is he, not even excepting Job. Who
would not have Gied Of despair +;
wien under ny cirtUH stance. / vas
forbidden to find, Tor MY son, my
brother, m. friends, md my self.
. refuge in that very land, and in
those very i1rts. where, by divine
grace, had arri,et. after pnparal.
leIIed fatisu,s !! ( 6ucGnse San.
que.
(olun bus continued his route to.
wards JaMaiea. where lie vas sur
pIised by the violent currents, (oc~
casioned by tie trade winds, and
after eight. eight Gays suffering
ron storms ard ieni ests. TIE wind
drolred on The 18th OF seiten I.er.
EuI, during these events. (o!um-
bus ieIt Us mrcb iGr the misforlunes
OF others rs fos himself, and patti.
cuIar', on account Of tie terrible ex-
perin.nt made by his so.. scarcely
thirleeH years oid, and his own brs.
tber. who had unwillinei, fellow ed
him in Lis leti'eus ,o.sses--" or,
] am so unfortunate. Says CClum.
Lus) that. ai,e, tWeni. years q ser.
vice and danger. have done no
good for myself--I have not sin.
Gle place Of sIelier in ill CASTLE {
nor an! other means Of procuring
food and rest than by living at an
inn, and even there have seldom
the means OF paying HI. expenses. I
had aIso another cause for vexation.
(says Ee) in the ease OF NY son Don
Diego. WHOM Ieft in Spain as an or.
plan, without fortune or employ.
ment." Or this point ii appears CO.
lumbHs relied OH the liberality Of tho
king.
Ee arrived country called
Cariae, where hf learned that there
weT gold mines in III. province Of
(aBha: he took with lin Two Of
the natives. who cont ucted him TO
another COUNTRY, named Caramba-
IA. the Inhabitants 81 which went
naked. en-, wore from The neck q
GOA mirror. which they would nei.
ther sell FOR exchange. They told
him, in the language ofthe country,
Of many other places. situatcG on
the coast where there we're censi-
derabIe soId mines : Ire Lass OF these
were Baragna. twrn,, -fvS leagues
distant he SET III to discover these
mines. accompanied b, lis two
guides, who entertained lin by
talking ofthe profusicn OF gold they
contained, which was 50 great. they
said. that be onght to be- satisfiedif
he could obtain even a teBil, part Of
it. He verified the truth Of their
assertions, and returned we'll salis-
fed.
lie was successfully driven into
the Ports OF Testimonies. Retretes
and Posiosrone, where be procured
provisions, and afterwards sailed To-
wards Baragns. where be arrived
on the day of the EpiPhan. he rs-
conDoitr-d the Island. and after meet.
ing with several adventures. he sail.
Cd again. and on the 18th ofbiay, he
was offthe country Of Malaga, aud
by the end of.'Dne at jamaica. On
this passage also. he Was asssiled BY
severe storms, and his shins were M