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Title: The story of Columbus
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Seelye, Elizabeth Eggleston, 1858- Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902
Subjects: Columbus, Christopher
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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they were half way overthe Indians sent showers of arrows and lances into theirmidst. In spite of their bucklers many Spaniards werewounded, but they pushed on and the enemy fled. Ontheir way into the country they had to go more thanonce through Indian ambuscades. Don Bartholomew sent one of the Indians of thecountry whom he had captured to Mayobanex, promis-ing to make the chief no more trouble if he would giveup Guarionex. Tell the Spaniards, said Mayobanex, that theyare bad men, cruel and tyrannical, usurpers of the landsof others and shedders of innocent blood. I do notwant the friendship of such men. Guarionex is agood man, he is my friend, he has fled to me for ref-uge, I have promised to protect him and I will keepmy word. As it was impossible to find the Indians in orderto fight them, Don Bartholomew began to burn theirvillages. The natives now begged their chief to giveup Guarionex, but Mayobanex would not hear of this.He ordered men to lie in ambush and kill any messen- ^i^-
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4 A REBELLION AND A WAR. 209 gers that were sent to him with ofTers of peace fromthe white men. They presently killed two, one ofwhom was a member of their own tribe. When hesaw his messengers shot through and through witharrows, Don Bartholomew was very angi-y. He marchedto the home of the chief, only to iind that he andGuarionex had both Hed to tlie mountains. The Spaniards had a pretty hard time of it, scram-bling around among the mountains, living mostly on thelittle rabbits which their dogs hunted, and sleeping onthe ground with the heavy tropical dew falling onthem. Don Bartholomew finally dismissed most of hismen who wished to attend to their farms in the Yega, andranged the mountains with only thirty followers. Heat length captured some Indians whom he forced totell him wdiere their chief was. Twelve Spaniardsagreed to go and capture him. They took oif theirclothes and stained themselves to look like Indians.Wrapping their swords in palm leaves, they climbed tothe hiding-place

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