e the words: "Illtre
y Esdo Varon, Dn Cristoval Colon"--Illustrissime y Esclarecido Varon Don
Cristoval Colon (Illustrious and renowned man, Don Christopher
Columbus). On the two ends and on the front were the letters,
"C.C.A."--Cristoval Colon, Almirante (Christopher Columbus, Admiral).
The box contained bones and bone-dust, a small bit of the skull, a
leaden ball, and a silver plate two inches long. On one side of the
plate was inscribed:

_Ua. pte. de los rtos
del pmr. alte D.
Cristoval Colon Desr._

(Urna perteneciente de los restos del Primer Almirante Don
Cristoval Colon, Descubridor--Urn containing the
remains of the First Admiral Don Christopher
Columbus, Discoverer.)

On the other side was: "U. Cristoval Colon" (The coffin of Christopher
Columbus).

These discoveries have been certified to by the archbishop Roque
Cocchia, and by others, including Don Emiliana Tejera, a well-known
citizen. The Royal Academy of History at Madrid, however, challenged the
foregoing statements and declared that the remains of Columbus were
elsewhere than at Havana. Tejera and the archbishop have since published
replies affirming the accuracy of their discovery.[13]

Regarding the identity of the island first seen by Columbus, Capt. G. V.
Fox, in a paper published by the U. S. Coast Survey in 1882, discusses
and reviews the evidence, and draws a different conclusion and inference
from that heretofore commonly accepted. His paper is based upon the
original journals and log-book of Columbus, which were published in 1790
by Don M. F. Navarrete, from a manuscript of Bishop Las Casas, the
contemporary and friend of Columbus, found in the archives of the Duke
del Infanta. In this the exact words of the Admiral's diary are
reproduced by Las Casas, extending from the 11th to the 29th of
October, the landing being on the 12th. From the description the diary
gives, and from a projection of a voyage of Columbus before and after
landing, Capt. Fox concludes that the island discovered was neither
Grand Turk's, Mariguana, Watling's, nor Cat Island (Guanahani), but
Samana, lat. 23 deg. 05 min., N.; long. 75 deg. 35 min., W.

If we accept the carefully drawn deductions of Capt. Fox there is reason
to believe that the island discovered was Samana.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 1: Markham, in his "Life of Columbus," advances the ingenious
suggestion of a marriage invalidated by the pre-contract of