The story of Columbus . s. When the captains of theships found out, after three days, that they were deal-ing with rebels, they tried to persuade Roldan out ofhis wrong course. As the winds were contrary, theyresolved to send many of the men by land to SantoDomingo. The men were no sooner landed, however,than they nearly all deserted their captain and wentover to the rebels. The ships made their way around to the settlement,leaving one of the sea-captains, named Caravajal, totreat with the rebels and try to persuade them to goback to duty. Caravajal did not succeed in doing any-thing with them
The story of Columbus . s. When the captains of theships found out, after three days, that they were deal-ing with rebels, they tried to persuade Roldan out ofhis wrong course. As the winds were contrary, theyresolved to send many of the men by land to SantoDomingo. The men were no sooner landed, however,than they nearly all deserted their captain and wentover to the rebels. The ships made their way around to the settlement,leaving one of the sea-captains, named Caravajal, totreat with the rebels and try to persuade them to goback to duty. Caravajal did not succeed in doing any-thing with them, though he got Roldan to promisethat he would go to Santo Domingo when Columbusarrived. Several rebels escorted Caravajal overland, andhe got to Santo Domingo almost as soon as the ships did. COLUMBUS AND THE REBELS. 211 CHAPTEE XXXYI. COLUMBUS AND THE Columbus was never to have any peace in his col-ony. Worn out by his troubles in Spain, where he hadhad to labor hard to save his o^ood name, and wearied. CHAPEL CALLED COLUilBUSS CHAPKL, NEAK SANTO DOMINGO. by his long voyage and night watching on shipboard,he reached Hispaniola in August, 1498, to find the col-ony split into two parties, and to find, of course, thatvery little gold had been gathered amid all the troubles,while Spain clamored for the long-promised admiral on his arrival by way of Paria was 212 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. not well pleased to hear tliat the rebels were likelysoon to arrive in the neighborhood. As there werestill many discontented men in the settlement, and asone of their chief complaints was that the Columbusbrothers wished to keep men in the island for theirown good, Columbus offered to all who wished to re-turn free passage in the ships which were about to sailfor Spain. In this way he thought that he would getrid of some of the most worthless and troublesome men. Roldan and his followers presently arrived nearFort Concepcion, where one of the rebels owned a quar
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