| of Gran Canaria in the year 1852, on the morning of the 27th of | | September, and passed between Antigua and Guadeloupe at noon on | | the 16th of October after a voyage of nineteen days, having sailed | | over a distance of 2,800 miles. During the whole of this time we | | were running before the wind with our studding sails set, steering | | West. A favourable N.E. wind prevails from Florida to Yucatan and | | the Mexican coast. With respect to Columbus’s first voyage it | | should be observed that his landfall at Guanahani was four or five | | days’ sail further west than the islands of Dominica and St. | | Lucia. | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Transcriber’s Notes: - Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). - Redundant title page has been removed. - Blank pages have been removed. - Silently corrected typographical errors. - Spelling and hyphenation variations made consistent. - Page 416: Nicuaragua corrected to Nicaragua. - Anchor added for footnote 111. End of Project Gutenberg's Travels Amongst American Indians, by Lindesay Brine