The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11

we are all exposed to siarye, and these
misfortunes are accompanied by he worst
circumstances, that make me the most nm
fortunate victim of fate that this world
has ever seen. 1t seems like Gods anger
has favored The envy of satan, that would
punish, as criminal deeds the undertake
ings and discoveries that the past ages
would have recognized as grand and wor-
thy.
1T is evident that one resorts to every
means to cut the thread which is about
to break, since I am in my old age. op-
pressed and afflicted with unbeatable
pains of govt and 1 am now languishing
and dying of this and other sickness,
among the saVages, where, I cannot find
any medicines nor proper food for the
body, nor a priest, nor sacraments for the
soul.
MY men are rebelllng against me; my
brother, my son and those who remained
faithful TO me are sick, hungry, dying; the
Indians have forsaken us The Governor
OF San Domingo sent TO see whether | was
dead, rather than help us, or to bring me
away alive from here. for his boat did not
bring us any letter, nor has communicated
with US, nor did they want 10 receive any
thing from us. l conclude therefore that
the officers of your highness intend that
here must end my travels and my life.
"Oh, holy Mother of God, who has pity
knife kill me when he deprived me and
my brother of the gold earned in such hard
manner, and sent as back to Spain with
out any trial, without any crime, without
even shadow of bad conduct?
Let the Whole world and every JUS
tice and mercy-loving sould weep for me.
And you. glorious saints of God, you who
know OF my innocence, and who see all
my sufferings. have mercy on me. Be
cause, although the present generation
is envious and hard-hearted, surely the
future ages will pity poor Christopher Co
lumbus, when they viii learn that he,
risking his own life and that of his broth
err with very little or no expense to the
crown of Spain, in ten years and four Voy-
ages rendered more services than any NOR
tai being has ever rendered to any prince,
or to any country, and, Notwithstanding
he was left TO perish, without being accus-
ed of the slightest crime, in poverty, in
misery, having taken everything away
from him but his chains, so that he who
gave Spain new world has neither safe
~ nor a hut for himself nor for his unfor-
tunate family.
But if heaven would continue to per-
secute me, seeming dissatisfied for what
l have done, just as if the discovery Of
this new world should be of harm to the
old one, and as a punishment for 1t it
would allow my life to end in this mser-
able place, you, good angels you, who
help the oppressed and the innocents, bring
this sheet to my grand lady. She knows
how much 1 have done; she will believe
what l have suffered for her glory and
service she will be just and kind enough
not to allow that the children of the one
who gave Spain such untold
wealth, such vast and unknown
kingdoms and empires should be without
food and should only live of aims.
She if she lives, will consider that
cruelty and ungratefulness will excite the
anger Of heaven, the wealth discovered by
me will become an instrument to excite
the entire mankind to revenge and TO
robbery, and Spain will suffer what just
now her envious, malignant and migrate
full people cause others to suffer.