Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-25
CHRISTMAS WRECKlNG
b coLuMBuS-FRED a. ODER,
SPECIAL WORLDS FAIR
ps-asinrs The West Indies, Looks Up
4 h&mahe Wreck How He Sc
tRs The Anchor.

fr ne Sunday Gazette.l
N uhmbus anniversaries we ought
u,tfit the first American Chrlstmas--
Aslains seemed 10 have overlooked
} - December. 14u2, In the middle
an'a Columbus had sighted MS nfst
q Z ~ Bahamas. Sailing on he lhd
4 M new other Islands Of the chain,
i fa4d Cuba the last OF october.
4 iray from Cuba and still sailing
". gnie time early In December ne
kfo him the towering mountains OF
Scent island, different In It's vegcta,
" NJ The contours OF Its coast from all
Z world land he had seen.
- y world land he had yet seen, a,
4 te7tthe Nina, the Pmta and the
4 tirla. had held together across tue
but on the coast " Cuba Captain
3 md the Pinta had sailed on on nus
il7unt. So only the Nina and theSlnl
With less than 100 men, stopped al
Known island.
liilye Indians themselves called the
Hayti-"Ai," high, "rl" land-the
q mountains, The eastern haiI, NY
ms termed QuiSquea, or nothef on
rth, now called Snnto Domingo, 20
named the port he entered san
~ In honor Of the saints day on
Ae discovered It; and Il is the name
An Nicolas over which the govern.
u the United States ana hayu hAu
|arel a year or two ago ~ ,
Y little Nina went ahead, sounding; ana
th1ifal followed In the Santa Maria
ilpped anchor in the spacious harbor.
~ not tarry long, hut sailed on asnlh
ahead Of n big storm. They TOOK re,
u1der the lee OF Tortuga. the lslhhu
nade famous by the dreaded nug'
-. Noon and midnight they sane1'
Y along at beautiful hnrhors anq w, W.,
lntll they came 10 the splennid NY
W. There they first heard OF the m
ing, GuacHnagari, and also OF lhe
l1afa great gold country, the Cinh9l,;
thow Columbus On this voyage was w
lle expecting to arrive at tie reEleus
q Grand Kahn, and he felt sure ihat
lilao must he the Cipnngo descFlOeu
'Afeo Polo In his wonderful book
lplue Guncanagari sent Columbus nm III
non 70 visit him, also q rtch prestnl
Ifile, attached 10 winch ma ..,,
viii ears togue aud nose, all OF oeAtci,
Columbus was sure now he was near
Y. !. foio's gold regions, Al sunrise NJ
uty spread tlIeir sails Tor the ~
was the DAY before Christmas, hriEl'
erautiful. There was light breeze
W sea was as smooth rs glass.
ne sailors breathcd easy for allnos'
KY time. For three mouths past .IeSS
lren on the lookout for calamity theA
leaied the trnde-wind would AWAY
F. ii9m the east so that they could ntNel
~ 10 Spain: that II they sailed so lhl
n Gown, down the watery MI the.
never make the return voyage w
.tafed the serpeuts and the merulnias
1lnrine monsters AMI the tetltu,,
but today they had no fears, thousi
,'atn the vessel was hurrying 10 ue
~ midnight the admiral went g
nun TO sleep. Following his example
+ ~ he bad cautioned them t. MAN
4 careful watch. the seauen then ui
4 stited the occasion TO sleep, leaNini
Il .'nh IN care OF boy.
u WRECK OF THE SANTA MARIA
-!e always felt pity for that boy; To-
ntlqn Of hlm at all Is the Ut
-. that the helm was left IN h'
~. bnt I'm sure he got kicked on,
.siN the sailors FOR their own neen
II. 1901 little chap. / can Imagine ~
/ Il Nlell TIE Ncciipnt huprened-
was mere snlpc OF boy. nn
IN i,ut 10 or IL yenrs ola. Wen
I some 4lO years OF age by nv
~ gat.s sympaniy would be waste
: - q that age.
r. rills are light, The sea calm; ~
49, sn unseen iOrrn ttgglng az "a
lr Tue santa Maria upon san
- ne lrst intlmutlon the boy nj 90
asq Of anything ainiss was ihraug
\ n % tue waves Mp against 90
mi Nte ship The rNlGer became "
q me Young sailor cried ont 10 ul
Ai.a,n admiral rushed on deck. ahe
nsi We essel, cut away the masts ga
|ih n ,ANrhor out to windwnrt, hl
sJnds. f vas
3d. total wreck. The crew wa
b n ~ 10 The Nina. which came 2
1t--Is., reefs az size could and lay b
rs 49, They were only four or nf
Y ON. when the vessel struck N
l.'t ~, indian village iuaricu. q
W. and the cacliue burriei 4 fett {
va ny NJ reefs IN which al the wrrcl
= alsIs-th 10 the shore ard stored
Z. nAar W lu1cauagari for that pul
~. 49, rs 4, own residence.
'Aohiay, the 23th u neceinhsl