. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . as a man equally asunscrupulous as Pedrarias. The vigorous spirit of enterprise that char-acterized the Spaniards of that period, however,came to the rescue of Contreras faltering reso-lution. Captains Alonso Calero and DiegoMachuca de Zuazo offered to undertake the dis-covery ordered by the Crown, with the help ofother inhabitants of Nicaragua, and to this endentered into a contract with the Governor byvirtue of which the latter reserved to himself athird part of the fruits to be realized, alleging,falsely, that such was the Queens comma
. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . as a man equally asunscrupulous as Pedrarias. The vigorous spirit of enterprise that char-acterized the Spaniards of that period, however,came to the rescue of Contreras faltering reso-lution. Captains Alonso Calero and DiegoMachuca de Zuazo offered to undertake the dis-covery ordered by the Crown, with the help ofother inhabitants of Nicaragua, and to this endentered into a contract with the Governor byvirtue of which the latter reserved to himself athird part of the fruits to be realized, alleging,falsely, that such was the Queens and Machuca de Zuazo built the necessaryboats, bought abundant supplies, forty horsesand fifty hogs, and, accompanied by severalpriests, more than a hundred Spanish soldiersand a force of Indian servants, set forth in alittle flotilla comprising two barkentines, orlateen-rigged boats, one large vessel and fourcanoes. On the 7th of April, 1539, they passedthrough the small islands near the city ofGranada, with the intention of dropping anchor. War Mack Sliitieum of Costa Rica. (Photo. Gómez.) CONQUEST OF COSTA RICA 119 at the most distant of them. Beheving it to bedangerous to cross the lake with boats so heavily-laden. Captain Calero called a council of war,whereat it was determined that half of the cargoshould be left on the island; and that Machucashould transfer the other half to the island of LaCeiba, utilizing the barkentines and canoes forthe purpose; later, he was to return for that leftbehind. This arrangement was carried out, andas soon as the boats returned, Calero went for-ward in his turn. Arrived at La Ceiba, hecaused all the men and provisions to be re-em-barked and spent the night at a point of landabout fom- leagues distant. On the followingmorning the expedition continued on its way,keeping always close to the coast—chiefly be-cause of a strong wind that bore against the bowand so impeded their progress that they wereeventually force
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