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afterwards came to the ships, bringing
balls OF spun cotton, parrots, fruits, etc.
Their coarse, short hair, their countenance
painted with various cOlOrs, their skin the
color of the Canary islanders, the fact that,
they bore no arms, carried light fishing
spears, were almost entirely naked, and
their gentle manner made Columbus believe
they We're q good people He wrote to
the king and queen, 81 swear to you, / have
never known. more gentle and peaceable
people than these same islanders" a few
had plates of gold hanging to their noses
AMEN questioned about them, they pointed
to the south. They called their island Guiana
ham. Inducing seven of these people to 90
with him, he sailed away touching at four
islands. but nowhere finding the coveted
gold or the cities expected. On the Goth
of October he enterd a river in the eastern
days while repairing the ships. Martin
Alonzo 1'inzon. November Doth, deserted
with his ship the Pinta, and on December
9th Columbus landed on Hayti, which he
miles long by 163 wide. was a very paradise
of valleys, wooded mountains, rivers and
great plains, the climate as near perfect az
could be imagined. 1t was thickly populated
with people who wore scant cotton gar
ments and carried bows and arrows They
thought the strangers had come from heav-
Ell. They were visited by the cacique Qua
canagari, who, with bis people, showed
great kindness. supplying them with food,
gathering gold for them and told them of
the CARDS or man eaters, which they were
much afraid of. Suddenly. Christmas night,
q careless helmsman and a brisk breeze
threw the Santa Maria on a sand band,
where she went to pieces, leaving only the
Nina. The natives showed great kindness,
and especially their cacique. A fort was
built and named La Navidad and forty-one
persons were left to hold it under Diego de
Arava. and January 4, 1893, Columbus set
sail for Spain. On the 9Th the Pirta re-
Joined him, and on the 10th they entered
SANTANA bay on the east of San Domingo,
where they had a skirnish, wounding sew
eral of the natives.
February T. began q four days storm,
during which Columbus. fearful of being
sunk, prepared a sketch Of this most memo
rabe of voyages. hid It in Il cake of wax.
enclosed III cask, and set it adrift. Sight
ing The Azores, February % he landed
at ST Mary $. but was received in no friend
~ spirit by the P0rtugees, though he shaved
ut Lisbon some time. waiting for the Pinta.
which had been driven a0rthvar[ in tho
great storm. On the Is Of March he sailed
into the harlor of PaIos, amid the rcjoic-
ing OF the people. and the ext lav the Pin
tn appeared. Fast rs the news could spread
over Europe ran the Intelligence that
beyond the sea of darkness, Columbus had
found the island surrounding Grange. and
the way TO Cathay was opened. Nearly
month later he made n triumphant Dr0-
ceSSion TO the court Mt barcelona. an ora
ton welcoming him at every city and town
He was received by the souvereigns with
the highest honors and placed beside them,
be told to the vast multitude embracing Mi
the scholars. mobiles and crandoes of
Snain. the story of his unbarring the gates
OF the west The parrots. the Indians
branches OF trees, fruits. flowers gold and
gems, attracted the wonder of all ewes. Now
made a noble. with a court of arms descne
ny the court he was courted, fattered and
DesouSht for favors He had not found CT
pahgo, nor GATEWAY, nor Mangi. but he did
iloC doiot that second voyage would
prlne nm to the golden towers of Ouins0i.
doms. wv Mig
r, September 25, 1893. he again sailed from
Cadiz' WITH IL large feet and 1900 men. to
Iorlh colonies and explore what was sup
posed 10 be Eastern Asia A more south
Nardly course brought him. November ID.
10 DDimuca, and thence to MarieeaIante
ana Gu2daloupe. lie touched at santa
Cruz and Porto Rico, and the eastern end
~ t syn n-L ~ bolnlnSo or tlspaniola, and Novem-
per 10Th reached La Nayidad The fort had
disappeared. and the sound of his cannon
Drought no response. The bodies of eleven
men were found buried. The natives. out
I i!}G; AT Tie conduct of the Spaniards. had
fdnt tne Whole garrison and burned the
lort, out Guacanaguari, who had onposed
lnc natlVeS under Ca0nabo. who attacked
the tort, had been wounded Coumbns
sauly sailed away eastward, and selecting
~ ,,1''' pioCctued 10 found the city of lsa-
Deila' the first settlement il. the new world
nov lew scattered ruins half overerown'
followed expeditions, into the mar
yeiouS valley of Vega Real, the building of
foTt st. Thomas Il mutiny in the colony.
ana the search for gold
APrH -9th, Columbus, with a portion Of
us fleet, left Hispaniola, sailed west to ia
nalca, then coaSted The isIand-studded
'outh shore of Cuba, until convinced that
! was part of the main land, and passing
',n.malca, again coasted the south Side Of
.iilspamola, and at last in senselcss stuDor
II exhaustion reached Isabella liz
brother bartholomew had come. and tool
harge. The natives. outraged by the saw
ge ana arbitrary conduct of the SDaniards
ought them in the Rego Real with a e,rnat
rhy. The search for gold had only hecn
aruaIly successful, and troubles many and
eep had fallen upon the colony. and Co
umbus sailed, reaching Cadiz June :. 14q6
II l49S, he undertook a third VOYAGE dis.
overed the isle of Trinidad, the mouths Of
he Orlnoco, and the Pearl coast. and rn-
urned 20 Ilispaniola. The city of Santo
Domingo was founded, Rodan's rebellion
ore the colony into factions and the Inst
gold and violence of the Spanfards had
made fearful havoc among the natives.