The story of Columbus . rs, up which noman could sail because the waters of the streams ran insuch great waves and roared so that it was impossibleto row or sail against them. The mind of Columbuswas full of legends of the East, and it was not strangethat the tumultuous passes and the great flow of freshwater into the Gulf of Paria suggested to his mind theroaring floods of Sir John Mandevilles paradise. 196 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. CHAPTEE XXXIY. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COLONY WHILE COLUMBUS WAS AWAY. U96-U97. When Christopher Cohimbiis had sailedaway to Spain in 1496 from Hispani-ola, Bartholomew
The story of Columbus . rs, up which noman could sail because the waters of the streams ran insuch great waves and roared so that it was impossibleto row or sail against them. The mind of Columbuswas full of legends of the East, and it was not strangethat the tumultuous passes and the great flow of freshwater into the Gulf of Paria suggested to his mind theroaring floods of Sir John Mandevilles paradise. 196 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. CHAPTEE XXXIY. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COLONY WHILE COLUMBUS WAS AWAY. U96-U97. When Christopher Cohimbiis had sailedaway to Spain in 1496 from Hispani-ola, Bartholomew Columbus crossed theisland to build a fort atthe place wherethe Indian wifeof Miguel Diazhad shown herhusband called thisfort St. Cris-toval, but theworkmen whobuilt it dubbedit the GoldenTower, becausethey foundgrains of goldwhen they weredigging for Bartholomew, as he was called, had trouble to fur-nish his men with food. The Indians were not providentpeople, and they could not be depended upon to will. TOWER AND FUKlKESS OF SANTO DOMINGO. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COLONY. 197 ingly provide much more food than they wanted them-selves. For this reason Bartholomew Columbus hadsoon to leave his fort with only ten men to guard itand a dog to hunt utias or little rabbits for them, sothat they need not starve. He marched away with hisother men to the Yega Eeal, where he collected thetribute, which was much of it paid in food. No doubtthe Indians thought it very hard that these greedyarmed men should sit down among them and makethem pay tribute, a thing before unknown to them intheir simple way of living. There came shijDs from Spain in July, 1496, withprovisions and a letter to Don Bartholomew from hisbrother Christopher, telling him to send to Spain asslaves all Indians w^ho had had anything to do with thekilling of white men, and to found a town at the mouthof the Ozema Biver, which was near the gold minesthat Miguel Diaz had discovered. Accordingly, threehundred India
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