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L " ' - - - " ' wAs a a As a 3 special favor Cavor to the author , the Dominican Dommlcan government permitted the chest confammgr conhuung containing the bones bonesof bonesof bonesof of Columbus Colwnbus to be opened so that he might view them , as pictured at upper left . . The map makes It easier to tofollow tofollow tofollow follow the proof of the actual discovery of America , as pescrlbed prescribed described by \ Mr l\Ir l Ir . Halliburton Halbburton . Below It Is shown the thebeach thebeach thebeach beach on Watling's Watlings Watlmg's Watlmgs ' ' island in 10 the Bahamas , " where "here here Columbus first set foot on American soil soli . By KICHARD RICHARD HALLIEURTON HALLmURTON HALLIBURTON HALLIBURTONAuthor HALLmURTONAuthor HALLIEURTONAuthor Author of "The The " Royal Road to toRomancc toRomance toRomance Romancc Romance , " etc . . ' ' ' A AWESTERLY A WESTERLY gale wasblowing wasblowmg was wasZJL ZJL blowing blowmg across the At- At AtlantIc Atlantic At Atlantic - lantic , driving drIvmg before it the thethree thethree thethree three immortal little cara cara- caravels cara- cara caravels caravels - - vels . For over two months monthsColumbus , Columbus and his crew had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been sailing salling blindly blmdly bhndly west west- westward westward westward - ward . Hope was exhausted exhaustedand , and from all sides the Ad- Ad AdmIral Admiral Ad Admiral - mIralwas miral was beseeched to turn turnback turnback turnback back . Perhaps he mIght mIghthave mighthave mighthave have , hadnot had not a sailor on onboard onboard onboard board the Pmta PInta , at two twoo'clock twoo'clock twooclock twoo'clock o'clock oclock o'clockin ' in m the morning mormng , seen seenm seenin seenm m in the moonlight moonhght a line lme of ofwhIte ofwhite ofwhite whIte surf breaking on a atongue atongue atongue tongue of land . Landl LandI Land ! LandlBut LandIBut But where7 where where9 ? What land , on our ourmodern ourmodem ourmodern modern modem charts7 charts ? Some Bahaman IS- IS ISland is island - . land , . without v.lthout vlthout a doubt The IndIans IndIanscelled Indianscelled Indianscelled celled it Guanahani Columbus re- re renamed renamed re renamed - - I named it San Sah Salvador adore adoreBut . But WhICh WhIChIsland whichisland whichIsland Island Is San Salvador9 Salvador Salvador9Seaman ? Seaman First Siw S\w S w ' \ Land . Unfortunately , , Columbus ' orlgmal original orlgmallog originallog originallog log book disappeared soon after hIS hISdeath hisdeath hisdeath death , but not before Fray Las LasCasas LasCasas LasCasas Casas , , a contemporary , , had made madefaIthful madefaithful madefaithful faIthful copies caples of parts of It , one onepart onepart onepart part being bemg dated October 12 , 1492 1492Tbe 1492The 1492The Tbe The cleric , , no man of science , , faIled faIledto failedto failedto to preserve the mathematical reck reek reckonmgs reekonmgs reckonmgs onmgs which would have located the theIsland theisland theisland Island exactly . . He did however ex- ex extract extract ex extract - - tract literally Columbus ' pictur PICtur- PICturesque picturesque picturesque - - esque description of his landfallAnd landfallAnd landfall landfallAnd And that is how v/e v e we / know a stIer stiff stIerWInd stiffwind stiffwind WInd WIndlas \ was \las las blowing toward the west weston weston weston on the night of the discovery dlscovery , and andthat andthat andthat that Rodngo RodrIgo , a seaman , was the thefirst thefirst thefirst first to see the tongue of land gleam gleam- gleammg gleaming - . ing mg in the moonlIghtTbe moonlightThe moonlight moonlightThe The Tbe same Spanish Spamsh copy of the theorIgInal theoriginal theoriginal orIgInal record describes "San San " Sal Salvador Salvador Salvador vador " . ' This island is quite large largeand largeand largeand and very level It ha hay & : . a large lake lakeIn lakein lakein In the center . The shape of the IS- IS ISland island is - land island is that of a bean , and the vege vege- - tation tabon vegetation vegetabon so luxuriant that it is a pleas pleasure pleasure pleasure ure to behold it " On October 14 14after , after two days ashore , Columbus Columbusalso Columbusalso Columbusalso also theboats wrote wrote- wrote"At ' . - "At At " daybreak I had the boats readyand of the caravels made ready readyand readyand and went along the island Ina Innorth in a anorth anorth north easterly direction in order to tosee tosee tosee see the villages The Inhabitants inhabitantscoming , ; commg to the shore , beseeched us to usto land there but I ' , was afraid of a areef areef areef reef of rocks which entirely sur sur- surround sur- sur surround surround - - [ round the island But within withm thIS thisbelt . belt thatthere is a harbor of suchSIZe such size , , that there allthe would be ample room tor for all a ] 1 the vessels of Christendom " This is not a great deal of infor Infor- infer infermatron InformatIon information - mation matron But it is all that CX1StS exists existsand , , and , with vlth it my pilot and I laid our ourcourse ou oucourse ourcourse r course for the BahamasFour Bahamasrour Bahamas BahamasFour exploringfrom e.plormgfrom eplorinfrom Four rour days I I had spent e\.plormg e.plormg e .plormg plormg e\plorin e plorin \ . g from the sea and the air , and so far farnot fa fanot farnot r remotelyfitted remotelfitted not one of the islands had remotely remotel Y fitted the description given glVen in the th e thelog thlog log whodid whdid book Perhaps Columbus , wh who a dId not hesitate hesltate to englamor his hlS discoveries d1s- d1s d1scovenes dis discoveries - coveries covenes , , was romancing romnncmg again Per haps hops Perhaps Perhops there was no lake la1.e la1e . , no harbor harborexcept harborexcept , except in his imagination Imagmation There Ther TherestIll Therstill Therestill e stIll remained remamed , however ho'vever hovever hottiever ' , , . one more mor e Island moreisland morisland to be explored-WatlIng'S explored WatlIng'S WatlIngS explored-Wathng's Wathng's Wathngs explored - Wathng's Wathngs ' IS land island , , the seawardmost of all Wathng's Wathngs WatlIng's WatlIngs allWathng's allWatlIng's ' Islandlas island \ was \las las in the news new s theColumbian thColumbian in newsin newin 1892 , when the directors of newsI the th e I : Columbian exposition eXPOSltIOn ' accepted it a as s San asSan aSan Salvador and raIseda raised a small smallmonument sma smamonument smallmonument ll monument on the east shore to tomark t tmark tomark o mark the place where Columbus Columbu Columbuspresumably Columbupresumably Columbuspresumably s presumably excellentbook excellebook landed An excellent excelle nt book by Rudolf Clonau Cionau , more car care care- e - fully carefully carfully persuasivethan persuaslythan reasoned and more persuasive persuasly e than the others I had read , , als also o I ; ' [ . I : ' lent considerable weight to the pos pos- possIbIhty pos- pos possibility possibility - - sibility sIbIhty that Watling might be theright the theright theright right island But when I flew over overthe overthe overthe the exposition's expositions ' monument and anddown anddown anddown down the east coast coast , , I saw , , not one onecoral onecoral onecoral coral reef paralleling parallehng the coast coastasColumbus 11S as 11SColumbus asColumbus -asColumbus asColumbus - Columbus described , but three The Thecaravels Thecaravels Thecaravels caravels would not have dared daredcome daredcome daredcome come ' , within . ithm ithin a league of this thlS shore shoreday , day or night mght , , and certainly certamly not whIle whilea a high wind was blowing blowmg , , as the thelog thelog thelog log book recorded . Successful Search . . But the flight disclosed somethmg something somethmgelseua somethingelse"a somethingelse else-ua else ua else-"a "a a - - "a a " large lake in the center of ofthe ofthe ofthe the island-very island very island " " - very large , , and pre pre- precisely pre- pre precisely precisely - - cisely in the center Suddenly alert alertwe , we climbed higher m the seaplane seaplaneto , to 8 8000 000 feet . . . . . Watling's Watlings Watlmg's Watlmgs Watlrng's Watlrngs ' islandwas Island Islandwas islandwas was visible below in its entirety , and andIt andit andit It was unmistakably shaped like abean a abean abean bean I looked for the enclrclmg encircling encirclingbelt enclrclmgbelt encirclingbelt belt of coral reef It v . was as there theresurrounding , surroundmg surrounding the island with scarce scarce- scarcely scarcely scarcely - ly a break But what about the theharbor theharbor theharbor7 harbor ? The coast was without any anyindentatIon anyindentation anyindentation indentatIon whatsoever . And then thenI I saw the harbor too It v . was as made madeby madeby madeby by the reef swinging sWIngmg far out from fromshore fromshore fromshore backI shore at the northern end and back backagam backagain backagain agam again , , leaving leavmg a perfectly calm ba- ba basm basin ba basin - sin sm a mile wide inside mslde the barner barrier barrierwhich , , WhICh acted as a natural break break- break.ater breakttater breakwater - , water .ater ater ttater . . The basin basm was indeed mdeed bIg bIgenough bigenough bigenough enough to hold all the ships of Fifteenth Fif FIf- FIfteenth Fifteenth - teenth century ChrIstendomSan ChristendomSan Christendom ChristendomSan San Salvador ' I had my Island island'But islandBut ' ' But since smce it was apparent , , even evenI evenfrom evenfrom evenfrom I from the air , that the landing landmg mon mon- monI monument monument monument - I ument was wrongly placed , I deceded de declded decided . clded ceded to search further and discov discov- discover discover - er , , if possible , the actual spot where whereColumbus whereColumbus whereColumbus Columbus stepped ashore in m whereI the theNew theNew theNew I New WorldThe World WorldThe The east cast coast , , facing Spain , was wasObVIously wasobviously wasobviously ObVIously out of the question queshon , , for forItS forits forits ItS unbroken phalanx of reefs makes makesit makeslt lt it unapproachable from the sea Co Columbus Columbus Columbus lumbus lumbus"ould \ would \"ould "ould ould " not have ventured venturedsuch venturedsuch venturedsuch such a hazard in a rovboat rO\lboat rO lboat rowboat \ , much muchless muchless muchless less a sailing sallmg ship Ho However " , ever , on onthe onthe onthe the west coast , , right beside the thehamlet thehamlet thehamlet hamlet of Cockburn Coc1.burn Coc1burn . , , there is 15 a beautiful beau beau- beautiiul beautiful - tiful tiiul beach , which boats can reachthrough reach reachthrough reachthrough through a wide break m In the coralwall coral coralwall coralwall wall Columbus , as he reports In InhlS inhis mhis hlS his log book booh , , having seen the moon moonItt moonlit moonlit Itt lit tongue of land , lay to until day day- - daylight dayItght light Itght , and with the prevailing prevallmg east eastwmd eastwind eastwind wmd wind , , must have drifted past the thenorthern thenorthern thenorthern northern tip of the reef reet And then thenduring , durIng the morning mornmg , he he-sailed he sailed hesaIled -saIled saIled - - south southand , and finding the breach in m the bar bar- barner barrier - . rier ner Fier , , steered through and droppedanchor dropped droppedanchor anchor before the unobstructed unobstructedbeach unobstructedbeach unobstructedbeach beach And it was here , on the lee- lee leeward leeward lee leeward - ward , , the safe side slde , of the Island islandthat , , that helent he \ vent \lent lent went ashoreMy ashore ashoreM within30 My M 1\1 1 \ > ; seaplane , descending descendmg to wIthin 30 thelow feet of the sea , easily eaSlly spotted the low coral cay that Rodngo RodrIgo had first firstseen firstseen firstseen seen at the northern tip hp We fol- fol fol . - tol.lowed tollowed followed lowed Columbus ' ' course down the thewest thewest thewest west coast , into the opening opemng in the thereef thereef reef , landed on the lagoon inside insideand , , and came to a stop on the very verysame verysame same theSanta spot , I suspect , where the Santa Maria Mana dropped her sails salts saltsEtploratiatt sailsEqiloration E-qiloration E qiloration Etploratiatt E - lorahon of IIarbor Harbor . What schoolboy has not seen the thepaintIng thepainting paintIng disembarkingon of Columbus disembarking on the beach with his alofthis sword aloft , , hIS flag unfurled , and the Indlans Indians Indlansstaring Indiansstaring staring at him hlm in wonder9 wonder tvonder9 ? I should have liked as a drama dramatic lc an arrIVal arrivalBut But instead of a Spanish admIral admIraland admiraland admiraland and his ros captains captams all dressed In pur pur- - ple pie purple purs velvet , , two grimy aviators came ashore dressed in cotton coveralls coverallsand , , and unfurling nothing more rOY\ll rOY ll royal \ than a couple of ei pongee mUffiers mu0lcrs , wIth which we v/ere v ere were / thespattered ths removing the th e spattered oil 011 from trom our . Thenegro Thnt eyes Th The e negro "Indians Indians "Indlans Indlans " " however ( the m- m in - habitants habltants inhabitants mhabltants ine andnumber are entirely enhrely negro , and an d number no more than 75) 75 ) were suf suf- . - ficiently sufficiently astonished , tor for ours v . wa was as s the first flying flymg ship ever to VISit VISitthe visitthe visitthe the island , , and the first most o othem of ofthem ofthem f them had ever seen . , The Grave of Columbus . . But another question queshon now rose to toplague toplague toplague plague me . . Where is the great dlS- dlS dis- dis dlScoverer discoverer dis discoverer - - coverer buried burled ? Columbus died in 1506 , , in the theSpamsh theSpanish theSpanish Spamsh Spanish city of Valladolid His re- re repeated repeated re repeated - - peated request , when he felt death deathapproachmg deathapproaching deathapproaching approachmg approaching , was that his body be beburled beburied beburied burled buried m in Hispamola HIsparnola , the rich and andbeautIful an anbeautiful andbeautiful d beautIful island he had dIscovered discoveredon on his first voyage . To this New World cross roads roadstherefore , therefore , Columbus ' remains remams were werehansferred weretransferred weretiansf hansferred transferred erred in m 1540 The leaden cas cas- casket cas- cas casket casket - - ket ket , , when it arrived from Spam Spain Spainwas , was remterred reinterred with proper ceremo ceremo- cerem ceremony ceremny ceremony o- o - - ny in m the ne ne\\ly ne ly newly \ , \ . ly built ca cathedral thedral on onthe o onthe : the gospel side of the altar . . At th thsame the thesame thesame e same time the body of Diego Co- Co Columbus Columbus Co Columbus - lumbus , , the son , , was transferred to toSanto t tSanto toSanto o Santo Domingo |