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situation becomes more critical, i. 139 ; part of his crew determine, shonld he refuse to return, to throw him into the sea, i. 144 ; false appearance of land, i. 144, 145, 148 ; his crew become exceedingly clamorous, i. 149 ; the assertion that he capitulated with them disproved, ib.; his address to the crew, i. 151 ; sees a light, i. 152 ; land discovered, ib.; the reward for land adjudged to him, ib.; lands on the island of St. Salvador, i. 156 ; which he takes possession of in the name of the Castilian sovereigns, ib.,* the surprise of the natives, i. 157 ; gold first discovered, i. 160; reconnoitres the island, i. 162; takes seven of the inhabitants to teach them Spa nish that they might become interpreters, i. 163 ; discovers Santa Maria de la Concep tion, i. 165 ; discovers Exuma, i. 167 ; dis covers Isabella, i. 169 ; hears of two islands called Cuba and Bohio, i. 170, 171 ; sails in search of the former, i. 172 ; discovers it, ib.; takes formal possession, i. 173 ; sends two Spaniards up the country, i. 180 ; coasts along the shore, i. 181 ; return of the Span iards with their report, i. 182, 3 ; goes in search of the supposed island of Babeque, i. 188 ; discovers an archipelago, to which he gives the name of the King's Garden, i. 189 ; desertion of Alonzo Pinzon, ib ; discovers St. Catharine, in which he finds stones veined with gold, i. 190 ; specimen of his style in description, ib. ; reaches what he supposes to be the eastern extremity of Asia, i. 192 ; discovers Hispaniola, i. 193 ; its transcendent appearance, i. 194 ; enters a harbor, to which he gives the name of St. Nicholas, ib. ; a female brought to him who wore an ornament of "old in her nose, i. 195 ; coasts along the shores, i. 201 ; is visited by a Cacique, i. 202 ; receives a message from Guacanagari, i. 205 ; his ship strikes upon a sand-bank in the night, i. 207, 8 ; some of his crew desert in a boat, i. 208 ; the ship becomes a wreck, and he takes refuge on board a caravel, i. 209 ; receives assistance from Guacanagari, ib. ; transactions with the natives, i. 211 ; is invited to the residence of Guacanagari, i. 212 ; his affectionate re ception of him, i. 2 1 2 , 1 3 , 1 4 ; his people de sire to have permission to remain in the island, i. 217 ; he forms the plan of a colony and the design of constructing a fortress, i. 218 ; and of returning to Spain for reinforcements, ib. ; entertained in the most hospitable man ner by Guacanagari, i. 220 ; who procures for him a great quantity of gold previous to his departure, i. 221 ; his address to the peo ple, i. 224 ; gives a feast to the chieftains, i. 225 ; sails, i. 226 ; coasts towards the east ern end of Hispaniola, i. 229 ; meets with Pinzon, i. 230 ; Pinzon's apology, ib. ; ac count of the Ciguayens, i. 233 ; the first na tive blood shed by the whites, i. 234 ; account of the return voyage, i. 238 ; encounters vio lent storms, i. 239 ; the crew draw lots who shall perform pilgrimages, i. 241 ; two lots fall to the admiral ; vows made, ib. ; commits an
account of his voyage in a barrel to the sea, i. 243 ; land discovered, i. 244 ; which proves to be the Azores, ib. ; transactions at St. Mary's, i. 246 ; receives supplies and a mes sage from the governor, ib. ; attempted per formance of the vow made during the storm, i. 247 ; the seamen taken prisoners by the rab ble, headed by the governor, ib. ; the gover nor's disgraceful conduct, i. 248 ; seamen liberated, ib. ; cause of the governor's con duct, i. 249 ; violent gales, i. 250 ; lots for pilgrimages again cast, i. 251 ; arrives orTCintra, in Portugal, i, 252 ; writes to the sove reigns and the king of Portugal, ib. ; is sum moned by a Portuguese admiral to give an account of himself, i. 253 ; effect of his re turn at Lisbon, ib. ; receives an invitation from the king of Portugal, i. 254 ; interview with the king, ib. ; jealousy of the king ex cited, i. 255 ; a proposition to the king by some of his courtiers to assassinate Columbus and take advantage of his discoveries, i. 256 ; rejected by the king, i. 257 ; disgraceful plot of the king to rob Spain of the newly discov ered possessions, ib. ; his interview with the queen of Portugal, i. 258 ; enters the harbor of Palos, ib. ; account of his reception there, i. 260 ; arrival of Pinzon, i. 262 ; receives an invitation from the sovereigns at Barcelona, i. 265 ; his reception on the road, i. 266 ; is received in a magnificent manner by the courtiers, i. 268 ; and the sovereigns, ib. ; his vow in respect to the holy sepulchre, i. 269 ; the manner in which his discoveries were re ceived throughout Europe, i. 271 ; a coat of arms given him, i. 273 ; the manner in which he receives the honors paid to him, i. 275 : preparations for a second voyage, i. 281 ; agreement made with the sovereigns, i. 285 ; powers with which he is invested, i. 286 ; takes leave of the sovereigns at Barcelona, ib. : arrives at Seville, i. 293 ; prepares for the voyage, ib. ; ideas of Columbus and the people relative to the New World, i. 294 ; insolence of Juan de Soria, i. 297 ; conduct of Fonseca, ib. ; departure on his second voyage, i. 300 ; anchors at Gomera, i. 303 ; gives sealed instructions to the commander of each vessel, ib. ; sees a swallow, i. 304 ; encounters a storm, ib. ; sees the lights of St. Elmo, ib. ; discovers the Caribbee Isl ands, i. 305 ; takes possession of them, i. 306 ; discovers Guadaloupe, ib. ; transactions there, i. 306, 7, 8, 9 ; cruises among the Caribbees, i.313, 14, 15 ; arrives at Hispaniola, i. 319 ; at the gulf of Samana, i. 320; anchors at Monte Christi, ib.; arrives at La Navidad, i. 321 ; is visited by a cousin of the Cacique, ib. ; learns a disaster which had occurred at the fortress, ib. ; visits Guacanagari, i. 330 ; abandons La Navidad. i. 337 ; founds the city of Isabella at Monte Christi, i. 339 ; falls sick, i. 341 ; sends Alonzo de Ojeda to explore the interior of the island, i. 342; dispatches twelve ships to Spain, i. 345; requests fresh supplies, ib. ; recommends Pedro Margarite and Juan Agoado to the