The story of Columbus . mew toldhis men that they were to stand back until they saw himtake hold of the arm of the chief, when they w^ere tocome to his aid. He and his Indian interpreter, whowas trembling with fear by this time, approached Quibi- an. Don Bartholomewtalked a little with thechief about his wound,and then, pretendingthat he wanted to lookat it, he took hold ofthe chiefs arm. Therewas a pretty lively strug-gle between Bartholo-mew Columbus and Qui-bian, for they were bothpowerful men ; but fourof the Spaniards sooncame to the aid of DonBartholomew, while thefifth fired an arquebus
The story of Columbus . mew toldhis men that they were to stand back until they saw himtake hold of the arm of the chief, when they w^ere tocome to his aid. He and his Indian interpreter, whowas trembling with fear by this time, approached Quibi- an. Don Bartholomewtalked a little with thechief about his wound,and then, pretendingthat he wanted to lookat it, he took hold ofthe chiefs arm. Therewas a pretty lively strug-gle between Bartholo-mew Columbus and Qui-bian, for they were bothpowerful men ; but fourof the Spaniards sooncame to the aid of DonBartholomew, while thefifth fired an arquebuse,wdiich brought the othersoldiers rushing up tothe seat of cabin was surrounded, and some fifty men,women, and children, the most important personsamong the Indians, were captured. The w^arriorswailed aloud, and begged for the liberty of the prisoners,offering to give Don Bartholomew some treasure thatthey said was hidden in the woods near by. But Bar-tholomew Columbus was deaf to their prayers. He had. DON BARTHOLOMEW EMBRACES THE CHIEF. DEALINGS WITH QUIBIAX. 263 found, indeed, some very fine ornaments in the cliief scabin—plates, collars, chains, and coronets made of gold. The captives were given to a pilot named Juan San-chez to be taken to the ships. Don Bartholomewwarned him not to let the chief escape. Sanchez sworeby his beard that nothing of the sort should was bound hand and foot and tied to a boat-seat. When they got well out into the river the chiefmade very bitter complaints that the ropes hurt finally took pity on him, and, unfastening therope from the boat-seat, held it in his hand. They hadnearly reached the mouth of the river, when Quibiansuddenly plunged into the water, and Sanchez had to letgo of the rope to keep from falling in himself. It wasas though a stone had fallen into the river. No morewas seen of Quibian, and, as his hands and feet werebound, it was thought that he had been drowned. Inspite of this misfo
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