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 CHAPTER II.
 Colnmbus discovers Hayt Under his successors, the Spanlsh colony exthi
 pate the native.--Th, B.jccantir ia.I In ith WtlVo the basla of the
 French colony Its growth aud pr.n-prity.

 W E ow- the Jdicoiery oft Hayti to Columbus. When, on
 his first voyage, he had l tt the Leucayan lland.s, be. on
 the fifth of December, 1492. :ame in sight or Hayti, which at
 first he regarded as the continent. Having, under the sh:-iter
 of a bay, cast anchor at the western extreruity of the island,
 and named the spot Saint Ni:lholas, in honor -.1 the saint of
 the day, he sent men to rexpl:,rt the i.ountry. These, on their
 return, made to C,.lumbus a rvep.'rt, hi. hi was the more attrac-
 tive, because they had Ibim-l i ;t rL: n>;w countryy rieemblances
 to their native land. A similar impression having been made
 on Columbus, especially by the s ngn which he heard in t-he air,
 and by fishes which had been caught on the coast, he named
 the island Espagnola, (Hispaniola,) or Lile Spoe. Forthwith,
 on his arriaJl, Culumbus hbean to inrqire lbr go:ld; the answers
 which he revicied indluted him to direct his course toward the
 south. On his way, he tnti-r.,l a lprt wbi h hei caUt-d Valpa-
 raiso, now Prt-kl:-Pais; and in this anti a -ec--ond visit occupied
 and named ,other pots, taking p.r,-e-si,.n of the country on behalf
 of his patrons. Ferdinand and Iabella, sovereigns of Spain.
 The return of Columbus to Europe, after his firnt royage, was
 accompanied by triumphs and marvels which directed the atten-
 tion of the civilized world to the newly-discovered countries;
 and, exciting ambition and cupidity, originated the movement
 which precipitated Europeans on the Ameri,.an shores, and not
only occasional there oppression aud cruelty, but introduced
with Afrian blonl wore than Al'ican slavery, big with evils
the moat multilbrm aind th:. m,.ost terrible.