The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus: The life and voyages of Christopher ColumbusGeorge P. Putnam, 1849 |
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Adelantado admiral Aguado Almirante Anacaona anchored appeared armed arrived Behechio beheld boat Bobadilla Bonao brother brought cacique canoes Caonabo Cape caravel Carvajal chieftain cloth coast colonists colony command conduct considered crew crown decad del Almirante Diego Columbus Diego Mendez dilla discovery dispatched distance Don Bartholomew Don Diego endeavored enemies enterprise Escobar European articles expedition favor Ferdinand Fiesco Fonseca fortress gave gold Guacanagari Guarionex Gulf of Paria harbor Herrera Higuey Hispaniola Hist hostile immediately Indians Isabella island Jamaica Juan kind king labor land leagues Letter of Columbus lumbus ment mines mountains natives Navarrete Ojeda ordered Ovando Oviedo Paria Pedro persons Peter Martyr Porras present prisoners provisions Puerto Bello Quibian rebels received remained river Roldan royal sail San Domingo savage sent Seville ships shore sovereigns Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit squadron suffered tion tribute Vega Veragua vessels village voyage Xaragua
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Seite 52 - ... of the forest. The pleasant life of the island was at an end ; the dream in the shade by day ; the slumber during the sultry noontide heat by the fountain or the stream, or under the spreading palmtree ; and the song, the dance, and the game in the mellow evening, when summoned to their simple amusements by the rude Indian drum. They were now obliged to grope day by day, with bending body and anxious eye, along the borders of their rivers, sifting the sands for the grains of gold which every...
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Seite 184 - With every exertion, the best of men can do but a moderate amount of good ; but it seems in the power of the most contemptible individual to do incalculable mischief.
Seite 453 - It has been said that mercenary views mingled with the ambi tion of Columbus, and that his stipulations with the Spanish court were selfish and avaricious. The charge is inconsiderate and unjust. He aimed at dignity and wealth in the same lofty spirit in which he sought renown; they were to be part and parcel of his achievement, and palpable evidence of its success; they were to arise from the territories he should discover, and be commensurate in importance. No condition could be more just.
Seite 261 - Excellency," replied the honest officer, " it is true ! " With these words the admiral was comforted, and felt as one restored from death to life. Nothing can be more touching and expressive than this little colloquy, recorded by the venerable Las Casas, who doubtless had it from the lips of his friend Villejo.