The New York herald., 1868-04-15

yiceroy over the island OF Hayti Certainly Coiun.
bus could not have entertained doubt OF the title Of
his last win and testament he wrote as fOllows:-
I'm the name 0fthe most Holy Trinity, who inspired
clear 70 70 me me that that could navigate and 90 to the
Indies fro Spain by traversing the ocean westward
y, which Communicated 70 the King, Don Rerdi-
nand, and to the Queen, Donna Isabella our soyer-
egns; and they were pleased to furnish me the
necessary equipment Of men and ships, and to make
me their admiral over the said ocean In all parts
lying to the west Of an imaginary line drawn from
pole to pole, hundred leagues west OF the Cape de
vssd and aaors also appointing ms as
islands that might discover beyond the said line
westwardly, with the right Of being succeeded In
forever and grant Of the tenth part Of all things
found In the said jurisdiction, and OF all rents and
lands and everything ese together with the salary
corresponding to my rank Of admiral. viceroy, gov
error, and all other emouments accrung thereto as
sanctioned by their highnesses.
And 1t pleased the Lord Almighty that In the
should discover the continent Of the indies and many
islands, among them Hispanioa, which the Indians
turned turf 70 ' Castle I to their hishnesses, who ap
proved OF my undertaking second enterprise
for further discoveries and settlements; and the
which extends six hundred leagues, and conquered
1t and made it tributary; and discovered many
islands inhabited by cannbals, and seven hundred TO
the west OF Hispanola, among which Is Jamaica,
which we call Santiago, and three hundred ana
besides hundred and seven to the north which l
discovered in my first voyage, together with many
islands, as may more clearly be seen by my letters,
memorials and maritime charts: And as we hope IN
God that before long good and great revenue Will
be derived from the above islands and continent of
which, for the aforesaid, belongs to mo the
tenth and the eighth, with the salaries and emolu-
ments specified above, and considering that we are
mortal and that it proper for every one settle
his affairs and to leave declared to his heirs and sue
cessors the property he possesses or may have
right to, wherefore | have concluded to create an
nfaf fah a fmpV VfYnl n
the lands, places and revenues In the manner
which M now proceed to state" Qrving's Columbus
"The Historic de santo Domingo" by Don Antonio
del Monte Tejado, published in Havana in the year
dSSs contains CoiGmbas oriyna account M Oh MS ds
which seems to have been copied from the original
charts of Columbus himself. On this chart appears
the island Of Alta Vela, undstinguishabe (probably
by reason Of the smalness OF the scale) from the
main land.
In sChurchill's Voyages and Travels, ~ published in
London, 1744, the author gives this account Of the
discovery OF Alta Vela:-
.On Saturday, the 23d, cacique came to the ships
crying dIDtTdnte, alniifdnte; that Is, admiral adj
miral whence he inferred that must be the point Of
Hispanola, for till then he knew 1t not. At the end
OF August he anchored at small island, which looked
like SAIL because it is high, and called it Alta vea,
being twelve leagues from La Beata. The other two
ships being out of sight he caused some to go up
to the top Of the island to discover them, and the
seamen Killed five seals that lay asleep on the sands
Knocked down many birds with slaves and took some
they fed not from them After six days the other
ships came up they proceeded to the island La
Beata which Is small, and thence coasted along
HispaniOa to river, on which lies a curious plain
very populOus, now called De Catalina; that is, Catha
rines from lady 1t belonged to.' The same account
OF the discovery OF Alta Nela and Beata Is given by
Churchill In the chapter entitled "rhe Discovery of
the West Indies by Christopher Columbus, together
In a map which accompanies M. L. r. Moreau de
Saint Merys description, Typographical, Natural,
G i0ca "a a. ana Of the areheh nc Part Of
phia 1884, there are laid down, the southern coast
OF Hayti, Cape La Beata, the island La Beata, the
island Alta Vela and two islands called Los Frales;
and the boundary between the French part and the
Spanish part of ST. Domingo is distinctly traced from
the bay OF Mancenila on the north, as it has been
ON a French war map Of St. Domingo made during
the revolution for independence In Hayti the de-
marcati0n line as fixed "between the French and
spaniards in 1915" is indicated, and Cape Beata
Beata island and Alta Vela are deneated falling
within the Spanish part, and included In the prov
ince Of Aqua. Beata island Is separated from Cape
marked as having depth varying from twenty -four
to thirty feet. Alta lela Is separated from Beata
and is D niles iss distant om Cape Beas
"Good anchorage Ia marked Off Beata island, only
five miles distant from Alta Vea.
In Hakluyt's Voyage, vol. 4, page 103, first pub
lished in the year 1899, directions are given to the
mariner for his voyage from ST. Domingo to Nueva
''If you will sayle from st. Domingo In HispaniOa,
In Nueva Espanna stirre away sOuth-sOuthwest un-
m yon be%ce ee srre re- awSy w and 50 yoa
shall nde the Isle OF Beata. And If you sale from
ts point VI NSao ioI UCoa you nus' p.sse aione tno
coast west anu Dy NORM uhtli you COME 70 fucrto
HeImoso OF Sne Deauui naaen, mmc. Is 40 ieagues M
GlstanI iIoM ol. Don.eo, anu - YOU Ploooeuc iiol
Iuerto eIosU Ul uu,a & Lspa M you III mus. S s.te S
away % GOV u"'ii J"u ioon0 o"' ioi D0"'"
and Alta veia.n 49,. , -.
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Dea.a 10 a saii ia. .. iaau, anu loe s.iy hem' you
may pSse avns u,e ouaSuo ncioo anu , snSre - no
uanSer uus snas you inay SEE, anu Wy anu ny you
sIall raIsc alta Seia, anu l.vin 'nence you nust
SUITE away % MeSo anu oy souen W ghse CIV p pirsh rom
ue lsianus oaneu ~ Los & III ~. E o rlie.s. Anu
mne M yv aio as ,aio . noau & 40 S .io . .aes, ei you
huss % s.'rS , away & nos. ".u ~ f anu 30 you
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you saa! see ngn crage.e cnes, anu ~ .e uescenu-
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Point vi paGoa 70" sna,ii uisoose, '.i1 owG isnu,
even WIN .,e sea- ahu iun vi 'recs WHICH Is caiied
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