9/17 When day broke, there, sure enough, was land. A boat was lowered, and Columbus, going ashore, took possession of the new land for Ferdinand and Isabella, King and Queen of Aragon and Castile. The natives came to see the discoverers. They were reddish in color and interested Columbus--for were they not inhabitants of the Far East? From an early Spanish book on America.] [Sidenote: The Indians, _Higginson, 13-24; Eggleston, 71-76_.] [Sidenote: Columbus discovers Cuba.] 6. |