Oanou  of  the  Oathodral  of  Lodi,  cmnposed  from  dEita  foand  in  the
onpltnlar  Riohiiea  of  that  cit;,  and  from  da,ta  in  hie  own  possession,
emhradi^  the  period  betiveea  the  years  lODD  and  1193,  the  latter  in-
Glnslve,  in  whidh  is  fonad  the  fallowlDg ;  "  1193. — Iq  this  year,  Chris-
tiqilior  Columbus,  a  Oeuoeee,  vnot  to  tha  Indies  to  discover  a  nevr
land  and  new  eountriee,  and  among  the  other  men  17110™  he  toot  with
him  in  his  ctKavftn,  was  the  P.  Gio :  Bernard  M.  Costeci,  da  Todi,  of
the  Order  of  Uinors,  a  man  of  great  learning,  practiced  in  aetronomy,
and  also  likewise  his  cDnfeseor;  whence  QaBriul  M.  Caetri,  brotlierof
tlissaidreligiouH,  HTivo  thenameofChriatopherto  one  of  hia  three
sons.  Ex.  Lili.  d  Sola  di  Oiurnbi  OHm  aasemal.  Bened.  OabrieS,.  «{
Bei-nard,  Bocoarita.  — Cronicit  delle  MUsioni  Francescaiie,  Ottobr^,
laei.
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They  next  touched  at  an  island  which  Columbua
named  St.  Mary,  of  Guadalupe,  in  honor  of  ojir  Lady
of  that  title  in  Spain,  in  fulfilment  of  a  promise  made
to  the  Franciscans  of  that  convent,  where  he  had  been
entertained  the  previous  year.  Then  they  named  the
St.  Mary  of  the  Rotunda,  the  Antigua,  St.  John  the
Baptist,  St.  Ursula,  and  others  ;  and  finally,  on  the
22d  of  Novemher,  they  reached  San  Salvador,  only  to
find,  to  their  deep  sorrow,  that  the  fort  which  had  been
erected  the  previous  year  was  entirely  destroyed  ;  and
not  one  of  their  companions  of  the  first  voyage,  who
had  been  left  on  the  island,  was  found  to  tell  the  tale
of  its  destruction.  They  had  drawn  upon  themselves
the  fury  of  the  Indians,  who  had  massacred  thom  all.
