The sun., 1891-07-04
WHERE COLUMBUS LANDED.
THE SPOT FOUND AND MARKED BIZ A
NEWsPAPER EXPEDITION

Evidence that tho San Salvador or the Dis
eoverer. tho First Land ne Saw In the
New World. IL the Present waiting
Islssa-A Monument on the Headisud
Near which IIe Probably Landed.
CHICAGO. July 3.-The Herald will publish to-
morrow long article giving the results OF tho
expedition which 1t sent out month ago to
ind, and mark with n monument. the spot at
which Christopher Columbus first landed on
the shores Of tho New World. on Oct IL. 1492.
The expdditlon. OF which Walter Wellman.
Washington correspondent OF the Herald, and
Charles Lederer. tho Herald artist. were the
chief members. met With fattering success At
Nassau. the capital OF the bahamas. Gov. Shea
pave the expedition O letter OF authority. call
ing upon all local magistrates 10 give every
assistance in their lower. The steamer ms
sau, the largest steamer In the Bahamas was
chartered for the cruise. and II left Nassau on
June 8. having on beard the members Of the
expedition. mechanics. and laborers, and a
largo quantity OF cement and q number OF Or
nnmsntal stones for use IN the construction OF
the proposed monument
Five islands have been suggested rs tho
scene OF the discovery-Cat Island. which for
many years was marked San Salvador on the
maps, Waiting. Samana. Mariguana. and
Turks Island. All but two OF those tWatling
and Samana) have been virtually discarded by
modern geoRrnphers and historians. Tho
route OF the expedition lay near the
shores OF Cat Island, and an examination was
made OF tho islands fenturea 1t was suf-
fclent to show beyond all doubt that Colum-
bus could not have landed on Cat Island. as
the island lacks every one OF the features
which Columbus saw in his San Salvador. or
first island. and described in his journal.
The expedition arrived Mt Waiting on June
II. and spent tho next day examining the
coast From the first moment evidence that
this was tho true San Salvador appeared on
every hand. None OF tho previous writer's or
Investigators IN tho field had taken The precau-
tion to visit the spot in person and apply the
historic evidence. that Of Columbus himself,
to the physical features Of the island. Tho
isand with the san salvador Of the great dis
TO be inlisputable and sufficient to dispol all
ooubt.
fS5ea %s,nSS In Isapn Is 81 Is Co.
This island is very large and very Lowell.
and has very green trees and many streams OF
water and a very large lagoon in tho middle.
verdSre d most pisasins 10 the eye '
On th The aGt 1ha. Wat
ling ID tNe only lSlhuu III lnD IHuHInHS con-
could @ 6e safely identified as tho san Salvador
@ Sy s1ndsg Bgt IN H. he osr. G ns hs
guisDIe proof OF the identity OF his San Saliva
uc' "At G dawn WI ordered The boat of the ship and
the boats OF the caravels to BE- got ready. and
went along the island in north n northeasterly
tho other side Of the east. and also % to see ' the
villages. A crowd OF men and many women
ma tn n n | nf a.f n
rocks which entirely surrounds that island;
although there is II IN IL, II depth EN- enough and
tina. the Interior oi that Ielt contains some
ina in a .well. And in order t" ses ali This 1
moved this morning that might give an nc:
t. Of Zee shsIs to on bs b snd ana
found piece Of land ike an island. although
It is not one. with six houses on It. which in
there are orchards Of trees. the most beauifu!
as as and
much water. INSPECTED all that harbor, and
N" se.ter description n could be Written at this
day OF Graham's Harbor, in which the Nassau
lay anchored :or four days and nights Two
the west Of it. The entrance is somewhat mar
drawing up to ten or twelve feet Of water. and
IN Columbus's day greater draucht was un-
The riece Of land like nm island that Column
bus mentions which % could be S cut on and con.
obat o mot IN
Earently. has ever known anything about it:
The explorers were therefore; surprised and
delighted when on ateanitng Into the harbor
which Columbus hau SO accurately described
they saw not more than 200 yards away a long
into the SC sea al 1lpm tho northeast 'poin, Of the
island, md through It. nhont midway from
the land to It's outermost point, cut
fhrOuuh which the Of fhA
on board eYeIain,ed: There is the piece q
Goinmbns G1 tSs DESERT ed'' Cd And SO i was For
through the reefs and narrow channel at the
southern end OF Mars Head cay. mas been
II doubt s
the sea. level with the mainland. Now, four
hundred years later Il is an %, o, en- cut , across
rowcd at hi:G tide. The headand i wide in
sssn or t%sn,y "ss aecs 'oR %hsre The Sesaani
Joins thr mainland IL some ~ the most fertile
the D II hi for 5rn soae 10 this hs day the
treos and vegetation thcreabo bonts are most lux
urions ana Il ds easily conceivable fhat s the
ago were in this fertile spot. There is ample
room on the headIan for the si1 enbins I OF the
mains Of what appeared to have beon a long
tlIHo ASO Tue entTRuc0 Caves hh
mes we're to some tent ca, e-dwellers it would
moi be surprising II other ru ins of tho rude en-
frances to their huis still existed.
This Columbus . Cut Point" as the natives
call It, was re- en- deh proof OF the Identity OF
Waiting 1snnd with the san Salvador, OF the
at many places in tho Bahama Islands there
may - $ milar necks 81 land. more or less cut
oil from the mninland By the action Of the sea:
It IL Also conceivable that there may he many
harbors In the Bahamas similar 10 the one
which Columbus here +nw aud described. But
II is lar beyond the range OF the probable that
at any other point there exist, ono beside the
other such harbor and snch head land. an
swering ~ every par icnlar both as t. them
selves and as to their relative positions In an
Island which also meets every requirement OF
Olumbus descriDtinn OF his San Salvador.
Tho expedition sailed out into the ocean and
approached Waiting Island from the direction
whence Columbus anproached-the east, bear
Ing little south. The first land visible wns
tng down to the sea IN = b"Id head.
pf GraLap's harb2r, Almost AT, the, same
tnstant Dixon Hill. on which Waiting
light station was e:ecte1. came into
view. One hili is about as high as tho !her.
but the first IL nearer. the sea. and. therefore.
in all probability, Is the one which Columbus