attendance on the court,
together with the authori-
ties of the city, came to the
gates to receive him, and
escorted him to the royal presence.

8. Ferdinand and Isabella, seated under a superb canopy, awaited his arrival. On his approach they rose from their seats, and, extending their hands to him

to salute, caused him to be seated before them.

9. It was, indeed, the proudest moment in the life of Columbus. He had fully proved the truth of his long-contested theory, in the face of argument, sneer, and contempt. He had achieved this, not by chance, but by calculation. The honors paid him, hitherto reserved only for rank, or fortune, or military success,

were, in his case, a tribute to intellectual power exerted in behalf of the noblest interests of mankind.

10. After a brief interval, Ferdinand and Isabella requested from Columbus an account of his discoveries. The admiral replied in a manner which, while dignified, was warmed by the glow of natural enthusiasm.

11. Columbus spoke of the various islands which he had visited, dwelt on the temperate character of the climate and the capacity of the soil for every kind of agricultural production, and showed the samples brought back by him as proof of the natural fruitfulness of the New World. Lastly, he pointed out the wide field afforded to Christian zeal in the conversion of a race of men whose simple minds were prepared for the reception of the true faith.

12. The last idea touched the heart of Queen Isabella most deeply; but the whole audience was kindled by the speaker's eloquence. When Columbus ceased, the king and queen, together with all present, prostrated themselves on their knees in grateful thanksgivings, while solemn strains of praise were poured forth by the choir of the royal chapel, in commemoration of the glorious discovery.

HEADS FOR COMPOSITION.

I. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DISCOVERY: receipt of letters from Columbus by Ferdinand and Isabella - feeling of the sovereigns.

II. STORY OF THE VOYAGE: date of the discovery of America -exploration of the islands events attending the homeward

voyage.

III. AT PALOS: feeling of the community-why the people were much excited - thanksgiving.

- his re

IV. COLUMBUS AT BARCELONA: date of his arrival ception by Ferdinand and Isabella - Columbus's wonderful story effect of his eloquence.

37.- Wrongs of the Indians.

bau'bles, worthless trifles.

con-trōl', ownership.

dis-cov'er, to reveal.

pärch'ment, skin prepared for writing on.

sup'pli-ant, humble petitioner.

1. THINK of the country for which the Indians fought! Who can blame them? As Philip looked down from his home on Mount Hope, and beheld the lovely scene which spread beneath, at a summer sunset, the distant hill-tops blazing with gold, the slanting sunbeams streaming along the waters, the island groups, the majestic forest, could he be blamed if his heart burned within him to see it all passing from under his control into the hands of the stranger?

2. Can we not imagine the feelings that stirred his proud spirit and provoked the bitter cry: "White man, there is eternal war between me and thee! Only in death will I quit the land of my fathers!

In those woods where I bent my youthful bow I will still hunt the deer; over yonder waters I will still glide unrestrained in my bark canoe. By those dashing waterfalls I will still lay up my winter's store of food; on these fertile meadows I will still plant my corn.

3. "Stranger, the land is mine. I understand not these paper rights. I gave not my consent when, for a few baubles, these broad regions were purchased of my fathers. They could sell what was theirs: they could sell no more. How could my fathers sell that which the Great Spirit sent me into the world to live upon? They knew not what they did.

4. "The stranger came, a timid suppliant, and asked to lie down on the red-man's bear-skin, warm himself at the red-man's fire, and have a little piece of ground to raise corn for his women and children; now that he has grown strong and mighty and bold, he spreads out his parchment over the whole land, and says, 'It is mine.'

5. Stranger, there is not room for us both. The Great Spirit has not made us to live together. There is poison in the white man's cup: the white man's dog barks at the red-man's heels.

6. "If I leave the land of my fathers, whither shall I fly? Shall I go to the south, and dwell among the graves of the Pequots? Shall I wander to the west, the fierce Mohawk-the man-eater-is my foe.

Shall I fly to the east, the great water is before me. No, stranger: here I have lived, and here will I die; and if here thou abidest, there is eternal war between me and thee.

7. "Thou hast taught me thy arts of destruction: for that alone I thank thee. And now take heed to thy steps; the red-man is thy foe. When thou goest forth by day, my bullet shall whistle by thee; when thou liest down at night, my knife is at thy throat. The noonday sun shall not discover thy enemy, and the darkness of midnight shall not protect thy rest.

8. "Thou shalt plant in terror, and I will reap in blood; thou shalt sow the earth with corn, and I will strew it with ashes; thou shalt go forth with the sickle, and I will follow after with the scalping-knife; thou shalt build, and I will burn-till the white man or the Indian shall cease from the land. Go thy way for this time in safety; but remember, stranger, there is eternal war between thee and me!"

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LANGUAGE EXERCISE.

I. Philip," (1) known as King Philip, was a famous Indian chief in the days of the Colonies. "Mount Hope," (1) King Philip's headquarters, is a hill in Rhode Island. By "those paper rights" (3) is meant the written contracts in which the natives sold their lands to the. whites. "His parchment," (4) has reference to the same documents.

Explain "the stranger" (1); "my youthful bow" (2); "Great