Here’s the 3rd chapter:
Comments and suggestions greatly appreciated!
III. Destroyed and Built
After a few days of rest, the three ships left the Arawaks to explore the area some more. On October 28, 1942, Columbus and his crewmen entered the Bay of Bariay off Cuba. Columbus and his crew explored many other harbors in the following weeks.
Then on Christmas Eve, the Santa Maria sank. A young sailor steered the Santa Maria into Caracol Bay, and it hit a reef. The reef was only visible from the land, so anyone coming from the sea would not see a thing, as the young sailor steering the ship didn’t.
Columbus was quickly woken up and told what was happening. Worried, Columbus sent for the Arawak Indian’s Chief for help. Soon, the Chief arrived and made the Indians help him save the cargo, even against some of their wishes. Luckily, in the end, no one died and most of the cargo was saved, even though the ship was destroyed.
Although saddened by the loss of the Santa Maria, Columbus moved on, and went on to build a fort near the Arawak’s village. He named it Fort Navidad, or “Villa de la Navidad” which means “Christmas” in Spanish – after the day that the Santa Maria sank. The fort was also built with some wood saved from the doomed Santa Maria. Fort Navidad was the first permanent settlement settled by Europeans in the New World.
Fort Navidad was impressive fort. It was built with a wall facing the water, and a miniature town inside. But some of the Indians didn’t like the fort; they thought it was too big and that the Spaniards were too self-centered.
I’ll post the 4th chapter (like usual) tommorow
Just now caught up with your CC essays. What a good job! I’ll check in more regularly, now. And yes, I noticed your “by Aaron and I” usage. It must be REALLY tough, having two editors in your family! Love, Grandma
Hey Junior Guy! I love your chapters on Christopher and his explorations and will keep reading them. I won’t comment on the grammer and stuff like that, because your mom and grandmother can do all that.
I do like the way you tell a tale. It keeps me interested. You have a good narrative style and have done a lot of research to tell the story. YEA!
When you come to the end, you may wish to tell about where Chrisopher is buried. As you may know, there is some controversy about that. Some say Spain and some say the Dominican Republic(in the Caribean). They have just given permission to unearth the bones there to determine whether they are Chrisophers. (see NY Times article of a few days ago.) Here is another mystery. Was Christopher an Italian or a Spainyard?
Keep doing the good work. We are proud of you!
Grandpa