Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-09-10
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rest who had landed, he took solemn
 possession in the name of the Castihan sOvereigps. giving the island the name of San Salvador. Having complied with the requisite forms and ceremonies he called upon all present to take the oath of obedience to him, as admiral and viceroy. representing the persons of the sovereigns.
 The feelings of the crew now burst forth in the most extravagant trans ports. They had recently considered themselves devoted men. hurrying for ward to destruction; they now looked upon themselves as favOrites of fortune, and gave themselves up to the most un-
 bounded joy They thronged around
 the admiral with OyerdOwing zeal, some
 embracing him, others kissing his hands.
 Those who had been most mutinOus and
 turbulent during the voyage were now
 most devoted and enthusiastic. Some
 begged favors of him. as if he had al-
 ready wealth and honors in his gift.
 Many abject spirits, who had outraged
 him by their insolence. now crouched at
 his feet, begging pardon for all the trou-
 ble they had caused him, and promising
 the blindest obedience for the future.
 The natives of the island, when at the
 dawn of day they had beheld the ships
 towering on their coast, had supposed
 the deep during the night. They had
 crowded to the beach and watched their
 movements with awful anxiety. Their
 veering about, apparently without ef-
 fort. and the shifting and fCrling of
 their sails, sembliGS huge wings, filled
 them with astOniShlnent. When they
 beheld their boats approach the shore,
 and a number of strange beings clad in
 glittering steel or raiment of various colOrs landing upon the beach, they fled
 in alright to the woods Finding, how ever, that there was no attempt to pur- sue or mOlest them, they gradually re-
 covered from their terror and ap-
 preached the Spaniards with great awe,
 frequently prostrating themselves on
 the earth and making signs of adoration.
 During the ceremonies of taking posses sion they remained gazing in timid ad-
 miration at the complexion, the boards,
 the shining arlnor and splendid dress of
 the Spaniards.
 The admiral particularly attracted
 height, his air of authority. his dress of scarlet and the difference which was paid him by his companions, all which pointed him out to be the commander. When they had still further recovered from their fears they approached the Spaniards, touched their boards and ex- amined their hands and faces, admiring their whiteness. Columbus was. pleased with their gentlenesS and con6ding sim plicity, and suffered their scrutiny with
 perfect acquiescelce, winning them by his benignity. They now supposed that the ships had sailed out of the crystal Armament which bounded their horizon, or had descended from above on their ample wings, and that these marvellous beings were inhabitants of the skies.
 The breeze had been fresh all oay. with more sea than usual, and they had made great progress At sunset they had stood again to the west, and were blowing the waves at a rapid rate, the Pinta 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 1arkened Columbus took his station on the top of the castle or cabin on the high poop of his vessel. ranging his eye along the dusky horizon and maintaining an intense and unremitting 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 Gutierrez, gentleman of the kings bedehamber, and inquired whether he saw such light; the latter replied in the affirmative. Doubtful whether it might not yet be some de- usion of the fancy. Columbus called Rodrigo Sanchez. of Segovia, and made he same inquiry By the time the latter lad ascended the roundhouse, the light lad disappeared. They saw it once or .wice afterward in sudden and passing ,leams, as if it were a torch in the park of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves. or in the hand of some ,erson on shore, borne up and down as le walked from house to house. So transient and uncertain were these .leams that few attached any importance o them; Columbus, however, considered hem as certain signs of land, and, more yer, that the land was inhabited.
 They continued their course until 2 in he morning. when a gun from the Pinta ave the joyful signal to iand. It was rst deserted by mariner named Rod igo de Triana; but the reward was af- erward adjudged to the admiral, for aving previously perceived the light. The land was now clearly seen about two eagues distant, whereupOn they took in ail and laid to, waiting impatiently for he dawn.
 The thoughts and feelings of Colum-. us in this little space of time must have cen tumultuous and intense. At length, ] spite of evary difficulty and danger, @ had accomplished his object. The reat mystery of the ocean was revealed; is theory, which had been the scof of ages, was triumphantly established; he ad secured to himself glory dura- le as the world itself.
 It is difficult to conceive the feelings f such a man at such a moment, or the Onjectures which must have thronged pon his mind as to the land before him, overed with darkness. That it was -uitful was evident from the vegetables mich foated from its shores. He bought too that he perceived the fra rance of aromatic groves. The moving ght he had beheld proved it the resi- ence of man But what were its in- abitants? Were they like those of the ,her parts of the globe, or were they ,me strange and monstrous race, such the imagination was prone in those mes to give to all remote and unknown ,gions2 Had he come upon some wild land far in the Indian sea, or was this le famed Cipango itself, the object his golden fancies? A thousand specu- tions of the kind must have swarmed Don him, as, with his anxious crews, he aited for the night to pass away; won-