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Identifier: americaencyclopa00newm (find matches)
Title: America: an encyclopaedia of its history and biography
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Newman, Stephen Morrell. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, Coburn & Cook publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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y help-less in the canoes. Mendez and Fiescoalmost gave way to despair. The suffer-ings of all were almost unexampled. Atlast they caught sight of a small islandnamed Navasa, about eight leagues fromHayti. Here they found rain water,but this boon proved the death of some,who drank of it immoderatelv. Theyremained here a day, resting and eatingthe shell-fish which they found upon theshore. At night they crossed to Hayti,making the entire forty leagues in a littleless than fi\e days. They were now onehundred and thirty leagues from SanDomingo, a distance which Mendez im-mediately set himself to accomplish. Thishe did with great toil, all for the sakeof his beloved commander. The entiretrip is one to which great romance at-taches. Mendez was finally instrumentalin securing relief for the admiral, as willbe seen. 1503. Negro slavery increased t<ysuch an extent, that Ovando, Governor ofHavti, wrote to the Spanish government,asking that the importation of negro*slaves might be stopped. ;
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3iii»m«iiiiitiiiim*^^ 107 108 DISCOVERT, EXPLORATION AND SETTLEMENT. 1504. June 28. Columbus sailed for San Domingo in two vessels whichwere sent to his relief, one by the faithfulMendez, after great delay forced uponhim, and the other by Ovando, who foundthat it could no longer be deferred. 1504. Aug. 13. He arrived at SanDomingo, and was received with greatapparent favor by Ovando and the people.He found his own estates in confusion,and with difficulty could make arrange-ments for a return to Spain. 1504. Sept. 12. Columbus sailedfrom San Domingo with two caravels,after having collected all the rents anddues he was able to secure. 1504. Nov. 7. He reached San Lu-car, Spain, with one vessel, the otherhaving been sent back to San Domingoafter a tempest. He w^as carried to Se-ville because of his ill-health, and beganat once to try to retrieve his fortunes andsecure a better administration for the NewWorld. But Queen Isabella, his bestfriend, soon died, and Ferdinand deferredattentio

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