Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

thought, disorder was rghted. Certain that his
presence in Spain needed, if he would main
tain his own character against the attacks of
the dsaffected Spanards who had gone before
him. he set sail the Nina on the tenth of
March, taking with him a consort caravel
which had been built at Isabella He did not
arrive at Cadiz till the eleventh of June, having
been absent from Spain two years and nine
months. His reception not like that which
had been accorded him upon his return from his
first voyage. The gold expected had not been
forthcoming and his enemies were busy trying
to encompass his downfall. But the letter of
the Spanish sovereigns directing him to appear
at court was encouraging. He had chosen to
act as If he were in disgrace, and dressed him
self in humble garb as if he were a Franciscan
monk, wearing his beard as the brethren of those
orders do. Perhaps this was in fulfllment of one
of those vows which, we know, he frequently
made in periods of dependency He went to
Burgos, where Ferdinand and Isabella were re-
siding, and on the way made such a display of
treasure as he had done on the celebrated march
to Barcelona. Canaboa, the fierce cacique of
Hispanola, had died on the voyage, but his
brother and nephew still lived and he took them
to the king and queen glitterng state
sions with golden ornaments. One chain of gold
which the brother wore, is said to have been
worth more than three thousand dollars of our
time. In the procession Columbus carried various
masks and other images, made by the Indians
in fantastic shapes which attracted the curiosity
which in all nations surrounds the idols of a
foreign creed. The sovereigns received him
daily and allowed him to press the Importance
of new expedition, in order that he might
to their dominiOns the eastern part of Asia. But
Spain was busy with diplomatic affairs and he
did not sail upon the third expedition for nearly
two years after his arrival in Cadiz. He sailed
again for the west on the thirteth of May, 149S
and first discovered the island of Trinidad. He
cruised about exploring and touched upon the
continent OF South America Visiting the colony
at Isabella he found upheaval of trouble, many
of the colonsts being in open mutiny against his
brother. Columbus, striving to put down the
rebellion, was himself caught in the meshes of
intrigue with the result that new governor,
BODdQd, was sent out from Spain to SuDerCedo
him. Bobada undertook drastic measures and
sent Columbus back to Spain in irons. Popular
Indignation, however, at this and the sover-
e1gns expressed their Indignation at Bobadillas
proceedings and declared that he should be dis
missed from command young man, Nicola
Ovanda was chosen to succeed him. For
time Columbus, being very religious, occupied
with a plan to discover the Holy Sepulchre. He
now supposed that the share of the western wealth
which would belong to him would be sufficient
for him to equip and arm crusade of a hundred
thousand infantry and ten thousand horsemen.
Nevertheless he was at the time destitute of
money. This affair interfered with by his
being commissioned for a fourth voyage He
sailed from the Bay of CadiZ on the eleventh of
May 1902. At St. Domingo Ovando refused him
admttance to the harbor and he was obliged to
weather a terrible storm. The fleet bearing Boba-
dilla put out at this time and all sunk but one
vessel, which finally reached Spain The ship
carried four thousand pieces of gold which were
the property of the Admiral After cruising
among the islands he reached the continent at
a place where he found the natives working mines
The Spaniards remained at this place two months
and collected something like 81 800 worth of gold.
Columbus was bent on getting gold in order to
make his expedition popular at home for him
SELF the prime desire was always discovery. He
determined to leave settlement at this place
but the ferocity of the natives defeated their
purpose. Two vessels riddled by teredos
and had to be abandoned The two remaining
were in a wretched condition Refused relief by
Ovando, he was obliged to leave his worthless
vessels on the island of Jamaica where he and