The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-15


AxOKEs
The trade winds which had been so
proptsors a. Columbus on his outward
voyarr we're equally adverse 10 him on
his rtfarn Tile favorable breeze soon
died away and Throughout the remain
der uf JannAry there Was prevalence
Of hwhf winds fiOisi the eastward. which
prevented any great progress He was
frequently detained also by the bad sail
ing 81 the Pinia. the foremost OF when
was - defective that u could carry but
little. San The weather continued mild
and pleasant aud the sea so calm that
the Indians whom they Were taking to
Spain would frequently plunge into the
water ana ~win about the ships They
saw Nanny fuuuy fish. one OF which they
killed. IA li.rwise a large shark These
gave Them i temporary supply OF pro-
visHlN w vAHh they soon began 10
slant ~ u. tAeir sea stock being re-
drce,i VIZ isd and vine and Az pep
pers. nnrn lAa, they had learned from
the lnats.- 10 use as an important ar
uclA M fDul
III tne early part Of February. having
rrn tu asurf the thirty-eighth degree OF
moran latitude. ana got ont Of the track
swept Dy the trade winds. they had
more favorable hreezes and were en-
abled TO steer direct for Spain From
the frequent changes Of their course the
plots became perplexed in their reckon
ings. differing widely among themselves.
AMI still more widely from tue truth
Columbus. besides keeping careful
reckoning was a vigilant observer OF
those indications furnished by the sea,
the air and the sky. The fate Of himself
and his p in the unknown regions
which ~ irayersed often depended
upon these observations. and the 81
cacity at which he arrived in decipher-
ing the ii gns Of the elements was looked
upon by the common seanen Is some
thing almost supernatural In the pres
ent instance he noticed where the great
bands Of hoating weeds commenced
and where they finished. and in emerg-
ing from among them concluded him
self 10 be- in about the same degree OF
longitude a. when he encountered them
on his outward voyage-that Is TO say
about ego leagues west Of Ferro.
On the 10th Of February. Vicente
Yanes Pinzon. and the pilots Ruiz and
Barfolomeo ROldan. who were on board
Of the adniral-s ship. examined the
charts and compared their reckonings to
determine their situation. but could not
come Ii any agreement. They all sup
posed themselves at least 100 leagues
nearer Spain than what Columbus be.
lieytd N h.. the trre reckoning, and IN
The latlrudr u Madeira, whereas be
knew them 70 be nearly ia direction
for the Azores He suffered them. how
ever. TO remain ia their error. and even
added To thlr perplrxity that they
might retain but 4 confused idea OF the
voyage. and he alone possess q cleal
knowledge. Of the route 10 the newly dis
covered countries
On the l@tn Of February. as they were
fartering themselves with soon coming
in sight II land. the wind came on Il
blow violently with heavy sea. the,
still kept their course 70 the east. bu
with great labor and peril On the fol
loving day after sunset the wind ans
swell increased. there Were three flashe
OF lightning In the north northeast
considered hy Columbus a. signals Of II
approaching TEMPEST 1t soon burst upol
them with trighiful violence; thei
small anil crazy vessels. open and with
ont decks were little Il ted for the will
storms IL lhr Atlantic I'LL night the
were Obliged to Scui Unler bare poles
AZ the morning Of the litn dawue
there war transient pause. and the
made lilir ~all but the wind ros
again from lh- -ouh with redoubled VI
hcInrupe raging throughout the da
and Inrfra .ag " fury ID the night
while tls. Vessels l4bored terribly la
croSs rra tn nwken waves ~ whic
threatened at each moment TO oveI
whrlm them ~ clash them % pieces.
For three honrs they lay TO- with 1us
sail enough ~ xpep them above III
waves allt the tempest still augmcntin
they were oai.Eed again % scud befoi
the wind Ilr pinia was soon lost sigh
Of III the slarkurNS II the night. The az
mirsu krgf NJ Ianch a. possible 10 Il
northeast ~ approach the coast u Spai
AMI nilslr -lgnai lights Al the masthea
fOr the s'iEta * dQ the same. and 10 kes
in co;nflny The latter. however. fro
thu vinit.s ~ hf foremost. could NJ
hold ihe wu'. and was Obliged to &C,
before IN tIitly north For some TN
she rpl4.l az ae si5nals u the admire
bus her nghls gIearned more and mo
distant until they ceased entirely. al
nothing more WAS sren 81 her.
Coluinbn. continued 70 scnd all nj gI
fnll ~ sufrw.ingroi the tate ~ his ov
vessel and Ipars Tor tie safety Of til
~ plnzsm 49, The day dawned the .
presented frightfnl waste q viii
broken waves larhed into fury by I
gale H- lonked around anxiously
the Plnta but NIX was nowhere TO
seen III lus~ aAle \ little sail TO ke
lis vessel ahraiuf the sen. lest It's HI
waF~ NhNi hrealf over her A.
Hun ryHr tlp wilma mnd the waves r
~ with IN aul throughout drearv