Was this not to do likewise?
Ah, no! in this vessel was contained the beginning of the end of the primitive man.

The solitude of the centuries was now to be disturbed and its peace invaded; aboriginal life destroyed forever.

The advent of this vessel was the death knell of the Indian tribes.
Little, however, did either the company on board the "San Antonio" or the Indians themselves conceive such thoughts as these on that memorable April day.
But where was the "San Carlos," which sailed almost a month earlier than the "San Antonio"?
She was struggling with difficulties,--leaking water-casks, bad water, scurvy, cold weather.

Therefore it was not until April 29 that she appeared.

In vain the captain of the "San Antonio" waited for the "San Carlos" to launch a boat and to send him word as to the cause of the late arrival of the flagship; so he visited her to discover for himself the cause.