Voyages And Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus
Voyages And Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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These he placed under the command of his son^ whom he ordered never to separate from the stran^rs^ nor to permit any of his men to return with* out the consent of Yasco Nuilez. Digitized by VjOOQIC 1313.] VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA. 203 CHAPTER XIII. l^asco Nunez sets out on his return across the mountains — /fe contests vnth the Savages. Turning their backs upon the Southern Sea, the Spaniards now began painfully to clamber the rugged mountains on their return to Darien. In the early part of their ...route an unlooked-for suffer- ing awaited them : there was neither brook nor fountain nor standing pool. The burning heat, which produced intolerable thirst, had dried up all the mountain torrents, and they were tantalized by the sight of naked and dusty channels where water had once flowed in abundance. Their sufferings at length increased to such a height that many threw themselves fevered and panting upon the earth, and were ready to give Up the ghost. The In- dians, however, encouraged them to proceed, by hopes of speedy relief, and after a while, turning aside from the direct course, led them into a deep and narrow glen, re- freshed and cooled by a fountain which bubbled out of a cleft of the rocks.
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