The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-10-23

promises on icr-e ie~arls. ou, nnu.s,r
tu.t they only increased IN clainor. hi
assumed de,lded tone lie told them
II was useless TO inurinur. the expedition
had been sent by the ss.verigrs 10 seek
the Indies. and. happen what might. he
Was determined 70 prrseyere. until. by
the blessing Of God. he should accomplish
the enterprise
Columbus was now st open defiance
with bis crew. snd his situation became
desperate. Fortunately the manife<ra-
tions Of the vicinity Of land were such
on the following day as no longer 70 nd
init doubt Besides quantity offresh
weeds, such ~ grow in rivers. they saw
green fish Of kind which keep about
rocks; then branch Of thorn with ber-
ries on il. and recently separated from
the tres. fioated by them; then they
picked up q reed. small board. and
above all. staff artificially carved. All
gloom and mutiny now gave way TO
fanguine expectation; and throughout
the day each one Was eagerly on the
watch. in hopes OF being the first to die
cover the long sought for land
In the evening when. according to in
variable custom on board Of the admir-
ais ship. the mariners hsd sung the ''Salve
Regina" or vesper hymn 70 the Virgin. be
made an impressive address to his crew.
He pointed out the goodness Of God in
thus conducting them by soft and favos~
ing breezes across tranquil ocean. cheer
ing their hopes continually with fpesh
signs. increasing rs their fears augment
ed. and thus leading aud guiding them
to q promised land. He now reminded
them Of the orders he had given on Ieav-
ing the Canaries. that. after sailing west
ward zoo leagues, they should not make
sail after midnight Present Appearances
authorized such a precaution. He thought
It probable they would make land that
very night; he ordered. therefore. Wig
liant lookout to be kept from the fore
castle. promising to whomsoever should
make the discovery doublst Of velvet.
in addition to the pension TO be given by
the sovereigns.
The breeze had been fresh all day,
with more sea than usual. and they had
made great progress. At sunset they
had stood again TO the west. and we're
blowing the waves at rapid rate. the
Plnta keeping the lead from her superior
sailing. The greatest animation pre-
vailed throughout the ships; not an eye
was closed that night. As the evening
darkened Columbus took his station on
the top Of the castle or cabin on the high
poop Of his vessel. ranging his eye along
the 6usky horizon and maintaining an
intense and unreinitting watch About
10 o'clock he thought he beheld light
At . great distance. Fear
ing his eager hopes might deceive him
he called to Pedro GutierTsE, gentleman
Of the kings bedchamber, and inquired
whether he saw such light: the latter
replied in the Affirmative Doubtful
whether it might not yet b some de-
lusion Of the fancy, Columbus called
Sanchez, Of Segovia. and made
the same inquiry. BY the time the latter
had ascended the roundhouse, the light
had disappeared. They saw Il once or
twice afterward in sudden and passing
CLEANS, as II Il were . torch IN the
bark Of . fisherman. rising and sinking
with the waves; or In the hand Of some
person on shore. borne up and down A.
be walked from house to house. So
and uncertain were these
CLEANS that few Al sached any importance
10 them; Columbus. however. considered
them - certain signs Of land. and. more
over, that the land was inhabited
They continued their course until . In
he morning. when gun from the Pinsa
gave the joyful signal to land It was
irst deserted by q mariner named Rod
rigo de Triana; but the reward was A.
terward adjudged to tho admiral, for
having previously perceived the light
The land was now clearly seen about two
leagues distant. whereupon they took In
sail and laid to, waiting impatiently for
the dawn
The thoughts and feelings o. Colum-
bus in this little space Of time must have
been tumultuous and intense At length.
in spite Of every difficulty and danger.
be had accomplished his object The
great mystery Of the ocean was revealed;
bis theory. which had been the SCOT Of
sages. was triumphantly established; he
had secured to himself : glory dura-
bic a. the world ITSELF
Il Is difficult to conceive the feelings
Of such man at such moment, or the
which must have thronged
upon his mind az to the land before him,
covered with darkness. That Il was
fruitful was evident from the vegetables
which foated from its shores He
thought too that he perceived the ira
GRANGE Of aromatic groves. The moving
light he had beheld proved II the resi-
dence Of man. But what wers its in
habitants? Were they like those Of the
other parts Of the globe. or were they
some strange and monstrous race. such
rs the imagination was prone IN those
times to give TO all remote and unknown
regions? Had he come upon some Wild
island far in the Indian sea. o. was this
the famed Gpango itself, the object
Of his golden fancies! A thousand specu-
lations Of the kind must have swarmed
upon him. ~. with his anxious crews, b
waited for the night to pass away; won
dering whether the morning light would
reveal . savage wilderness or dawn upon