The story of Columbus . own than Isa-bella, w^hich Avas unhealthy. The young man found whatCatalina had told him to be true ; so, taking the Indianguides, he set off for Isabella, hoping that the news ofa gold mine would buy him forgiveness for- his went into Isabella secretly at first, but found thatthe man whom he supposed he had killed had got, wellagain. He was not afraid now to go boldly to Colum-bus with his piece of news. Columbus wanted to movehis settlement to a healthier spot, and would also liketo have some good news to take to Spain, so he sent hisbrother Bartholomew with
The story of Columbus . own than Isa-bella, w^hich Avas unhealthy. The young man found whatCatalina had told him to be true ; so, taking the Indianguides, he set off for Isabella, hoping that the news ofa gold mine would buy him forgiveness for- his went into Isabella secretly at first, but found thatthe man whom he supposed he had killed had got, wellagain. He was not afraid now to go boldly to Colum-bus with his piece of news. Columbus wanted to movehis settlement to a healthier spot, and would also liketo have some good news to take to Spain, so he sent hisbrother Bartholomew with a party back with MiguelDiaz to see if his tale were true. Bartholomew Colum-bus crossed the island, and found a richer gold fieldthan had yet been discovered. In some places he sawpits dug, as though the Indians had in some formertime had the industry to mine a little. The admiral was much pleased when Bartholomewbrought back such good news. He ordered a fort tobe built at these mines, so that they might be worked. rv^. TROUBLE FOR COLUMBUS. 1^9 Miguel Diaz now became quite an important got her reward, for Diaz did not desert thewife who had brought him such a good dowry. The very lively imagination of Columbus sometimescarried him far, and made him think of many thingsnot so reasonable as his notion of finding land by sailingto the west. He still thought himself to be in the farEast, and he now fancied that the gold diggings justdiscovered were the ancient mines of Ophir, from whichSolomon got his gold for building the temple at Jerusa-lem. Many people in a later period have had similarfancies, and Ophir has been placed successively in Cali-fornia and Australia by fanciful writers. 180 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. CHAPTEK XXXL IN Columbus sailed for Spain in March, 1496, withsome two hundred and twentj-five sickly or discon-tented men, wdio wished to return home, and thirty In-dians, among whom were Caonabo, one of his brothers,and a nephew. The admiral
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