The story of Columbus . ceremonious leave-taking with thelovely Catalina. 130 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. CHAPTEE XXII. THE INFANT SETTLEMENT AND ITS INDIAN NEIGHBORS. The day after the flight of Giiacanagari the Span-iards went in boats np the coast in search of a goodplace to settle. As they rowed along the shore the na-tives seemed uneasy, and whenthe white men landed they the Spaniards were walk-ing around the deserted Indianvillage, they came upon a savagestretched on the ground, with agaping wound in his shoulder. Onexamination, the wound provedto have been made by an Indiandart. T
The story of Columbus . ceremonious leave-taking with thelovely Catalina. 130 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. CHAPTEE XXII. THE INFANT SETTLEMENT AND ITS INDIAN NEIGHBORS. The day after the flight of Giiacanagari the Span-iards went in boats np the coast in search of a goodplace to settle. As they rowed along the shore the na-tives seemed uneasy, and whenthe white men landed they the Spaniards were walk-ing around the deserted Indianvillage, they came upon a savagestretched on the ground, with agaping wound in his shoulder. Onexamination, the wound provedto have been made by an Indiandart. The fellow had not beenable to run any farther. He saidthat he had got his wound in thefight with Caonabo. Since Gua-canagari had taken himself offwith the Indian captives of theSpaniards, the latter had disbelieved his story, but whenthey found this Indian with a wound real and visible,the story seemed more probable again. At last Columbus fixed upon a spot for his settle-ment, and landed men and animals. The horses had. INDIAN IMAGE OF STONE,FROM SANTO DOMINGO. THE INFANT SETTLEMENT. 131 been on the ship three months, and were very much inneed of pasture and a firm footing. A Httle city, namedIsabella, was laid out with a square and streets. Achurch, a store-house, and a house for the admiral werebegun of stone, a stone wall without mortar was to belaid around the town, while the other houses were madeof wood and reeds, like the Indian cabins. Seeds wereplanted, and every one worked very hard, while Colum-bus multiplied himself to superintend the labor. Before long the malarial fevers, incident to a newland and a warm climate, smote the little settlers were landed in a bad condition to withstandillness, for they had been three months on shipboard,living on salt meat and moldy sea biscuit. It requiredyears of experience to teach colonists to eat the lightvegetable food of the Indians, which was more whole-some in a warm climate than their own heavier diet. TheSpa
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