. The storied West Indies . sh-ing sinkers, and stone seats. Not many years agoa most valuable find was made of some Indianskulls, in a great cave not far from Cape Maysi,which had lain so long there, in the bottom of thecavern, that they were entirely covered, as if petri-fied, with a deposit of stone, formed by water whichheld lime in solution dropping from the roof. I shall in a futurechapter allude tothe fate of theseinnocent natives,who were, throughno fault of theirown, made thevictims of Spanishhate and of following directly after Columbus, ashe stretched across the Wind
. The storied West Indies . sh-ing sinkers, and stone seats. Not many years agoa most valuable find was made of some Indianskulls, in a great cave not far from Cape Maysi,which had lain so long there, in the bottom of thecavern, that they were entirely covered, as if petri-fied, with a deposit of stone, formed by water whichheld lime in solution dropping from the roof. I shall in a futurechapter allude tothe fate of theseinnocent natives,who were, throughno fault of theirown, made thevictims of Spanishhate and of following directly after Columbus, ashe stretched across the Windward Passage in questof Boliio, which was also called by the natives Babe-que, let us complete our investigations into his con-nection with the island of Cuba. Anticipating bynearly eighteen months the actual sequence of events,we shall find that he returned to this coast in April,1494, while the town of Isabella was being built andput in order. Taking up the thread of explorationat Cape Maysi, which he had called Alpha and. Seat carved of stone (Bahamas). THE SEARCH FOR CIPANGO 27 Omega/7 Columbus sailed along the southern coastof Cuba westerly until he came to the Bay of Guan-tanamo, which he called Puerto Grande, and withthe beauty of which he was impressed; for theentrance was narrow and winding, though deep; theharbor expanded within like a beautiful lake, in thebosom of a wild and mountainous country coveredwith trees, some of them in blossom, others bear-ing fruit. Landing here, the Spaniards foundtraces of Indians, who had fled at their approach,but who left a plentiful supply of fish, utias, andiguanas roasting before open fires, and spread outas if for a banquet, and which the half-famishedsailors greedily devoured. Guantanamo (pronouncedguan-tahn-ah-mo) was the scene of another invasion,four hundred and four years later, when the Ameri-can marines engaged in the war with Spain landedhere—the first of our armed men to take soil inthis island. Theirs was the first bl
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