Being now very much on their guard, they still held on their course until about two in the morning of Friday, October 12th, when the Pinta, which was
Villemarie
The captives were bound with the usual rigor; and the Hurons taunted and insulted them, to please their dangerous companions.Previously in The
Columbus Changes Course to SW
On this the people were again ready to mutiny, and resumed their murmurs and cabals against him.Continuing Columbus Discovers America,our
Seaweed and Birds
In the afternoon of this day they saw abundance of weeds lying in length north and south, and three alcatrases pursued by a rabo-de-junco.Continuing
Columbus In Mid-Atlantic
On Wednesday, September 12th, having got to about one hundred fifty leagues west of Ferro, they discovered a large trunk of a tree, sufficient to have
Columbus Sails from Spain
During this voyage, and indeed in all the four voyages which he made from Spain to the West Indies, the admiral was very careful to keep an exact
Columbus Describes the Natives
I promise this, that if I am supported by our most invincible sovereigns with a little of their help, as much gold can be supplied as they will need,
Columbus Tricks the Natives
These people practice no kind of idolatry; on the contrary they firmly believe that all strength and power, and in fact all good things, are in
Joseph Bressani’s Ordeal
The perils which beset the missionaries did not spring from the fury of the Iroquois alone, for Nature herself was armed with terror in this stern