At that time it was a wilderness.

Before them stretched the noble bay which is now termed _Bahia de Todos Santos,_--All Saints' Bay.
"The savages talked earnestly and with excited looks as they stood upon the shore, for the memory of the wondrous ships of the white men that had visited them a few years before was deeply engraven on their minds; and now, in the midst of the howling storm, another ship was seen approaching their land.

It was a small vessel, shattered and tempest-tossed, that drove into the Bahia de Todos Santos on that stormy night.

Long had it battled with the waves of the Atlantic, and the brave hearts that manned it had remained stanch to duty and strong in hope, remembering the recent glorious example of Columbus.

But the storm was fierce and the bark was frail.