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kneeling down
they all kissed the ground which they
had long desired to see. They next erected a crucifix
and
prostrating themselves before it returned thanks to God for
conducting their voyage to such a happy issue.
The Spaniards while thus employed were surrounded by
many of the natives
who gazed in silent admiration upon
actions which they could not comprehend
and of which
they could not foresee the consequences. The dress of the
Spaniards
the whiteness of their skins
their beards
their
arms
appeared strange and surprising. The vast machines
in which the Spaniards had traversed the ocean
that
seemed to move upon the water with wings
and uttered a
dreadful sound
resembling thunder
accompanied with
lightning and smoke
struck the natives with such terror
that they began to respect their new guests as a superior
order of beings
and concluded that they were children of
the sun
who had descended to visit the earth.
Christopher Columbus and His Monument by Various
369
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To all the kingdoms of Europe
Christopher Columbus
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