Mi Diry

By Stacy Svendor

juli 21 1492

Hi mi name iz John i desided tu start this Diry becuz iv just ben pikd az a cru membr ov thu Santa Merea wun ov 3 ships heded bi sum man namd Kristufur Kulmbus weer guna find a nu way to Azea ime not tu thrild with the trip its Azea i want tu se iv herd al abowt it silks spises i want tu get al thoz thins for mi wif Colita she haz nevr fel silk or tastd fud with spis

juli 27 1492

i met admerl Kulmbus tuday boy is he ugli rely ugli and i have tu be on thu sam bote with him for i dont know how long.

awgust 2 1492

we leve tomaro i rely am guna mis mi wif she dusnt want me tu go shez afrade that we wil go ovr thu ej ov the werld Kulmbus sez the serld iz rownd i hop so becuz i dont want tu go over thu ej

awgust 3 1492

wel we left tuday i met unuthr cru membr tuday akshuli i met a bunsh of cru membrs but i met wun i rely lik hiz nam is Dav he also haz a wif at hom he livz abowt a mil furm me it shur iz funy that i nevr met him befor he ust tu be a profesr at thu unuversty in town he sez that he wil tech me tu spel that wil be unuthr supriz for Colita

awgust 4 1492

o jez thu fud iz oful on this ship i saw thu fud for Kulmbus tho it lukd so gud he had fesnt and potatos evn win al we got wuz slop we dont evn get beds but the ofisrs du Dav sed he wud giv me mi furst speling lesun now so i betr go

august 8 1492

sory i havnt had time to rite but ive ben reely bisy triing to lern how to spel i study hard but i stil hav trubl Dave sez that by the time we get bak home i shud be az gud a speler az him I hop so

august 13, 1492

yestrday we landed in san subaschen Columbus sez that we wil be her for a few days im gload the food isz bettr her then on the bote

august 21 1492

weer still in san sabastian im glad cuz i have alot more tije to praktise my spelling than wen weer saleing. Dave and i are becoming relly good frends. i wondr if Colita is doing ok. Dave sez that its posible that with most ov the men gone back home that maybe thay have met. that wud be nise.

september 7 1492

Well we left San sabastian yesterday but we can still see land. Dave says that i am getting alot bettr at riting. wen I look at some of my first days I can see that. elol its time for dinner now so I bettr go.

september 9 1492

We lost site of land today and were still sailing west. I dont see how were goimg to get back tho. The wind is blowing from the est. I dont think that i want to go any ferther. Alot of the other guys are starting to mumble. I think that Columbus is starting to kech on cuz he is being alot more nicer to us. He is even giving us better food.

september 25 1492

Its getting really fuff on the ship. We havent seen land for weeks. Theres talk of muteny. Everyone wants to turn and go back befor its to late. I really miss Colita. So far I have nothing to bring back to her. Dave says that im getting real good at spelling. At least I have sumthing to show Coliita when I get home.

september 26 1492

5 men got sick on the pinta yesterday. The admeral sent Dave and me and 2 other guys over to that ship. The capten is alot nicer than Columbus. He told us to call him capten Pinzon.

October 3 1492

Its really getting testy on the ship. Evry one wants to turn back. Columbus has ofered one gold peece to the first one to site land. That has gotten hopes up a little hier but not much.

October 10 1492

Evrybody got in a real uproar today. I heard that the cru on the Santa Maria almost thru Columbus off the ship. He said that if we dont see land in three days we will turn back. Evryone agreed.

October 12 1492

LAND HO! I did it I got the gold peece I saw land first! It was about 2 in the morning. I saw this mownd I thot was a wale or somthing. But then I saw a tree lim in the water and new it was land. I rang the bell and evrybody got up and cheered. Later we landed. Dave sed it didnt look like Asia to him but I didnt care becuz it was land! It was butiful after bein on that ship for so long. Some men even kissed the grownd but I didnt becuz I relly didnt want bugs to crawl in it. There are a few indeans on this iland. Dave says that thay didnt look any indeans hes ever seen. I wonder what he ment by that? Dave cols the indeans natives. I ges I will to.

October 28 1942

We sailed into another bay today. We saw no kings but we did see some natives with smoking sticks in there mouths. They called them cigars and showed us how to make them and smoke them. I didnt really like the taste of them but I smoked them anyway becuz everyone else was. We loaded up on a lot of the leevs to make them with and then set sail agen.

November 5 1492

No time to write lately.

November 20 1492

Weve been to more ilands but Dave says that none of them really look like Asia.

November 26 1492

Dave and I caught a turkey today. We desided that we would have our own little holiday. We named it Turkey Day.

December 3 1492

Its getting really boring on this ship. Its not too bad when we goe ashore, but otherwise, its boring. I cant wait to get back home to Colita. I have so many things to tell her. Ive traded some of mypay for some trinkets that the natives had. I am going to give them to her as late presents for her birtday and Cristmas.

December 15 1492

Some men got sick since I last wrote. Only one died, though. Captain Pinzon is always saying DONT DRINK THE WATER! I wonder if that iw what is making them sick?

December 25 1492 Christmas.

It was a fine Christmas Day today and a fine night too. Warm and sunny all day and clear enough to see all the starts tonight. The Santa Maria got wrecked today on a reef. The local chief helped us save the cargo but the ship was a total loss. Columbus said that because the chief was so nice that he would build a fort and leave 40 men in it. I dont think that it was because the cief was so nice. I think its because we dont have enough room for 40 extra people on either ship.

January 1 1493

Happy New Year! Here it is new years day. Another holiday without Colita. Its more lonley on the holidays.

January 7 1493

Coloumbus said that we would be leaving on the 16 of this month. But we havre to capture some natives to bring back. I think thats mean.

January 17 1493

We left yesterday. We have 7 natives. Its my job to feed them. I dont mind though. I know another guy that has to clean out their portion of the ship.

January 25 1493

We lost the Nina in a storm. I hope that its ok.

February 6 1493

I cant believe the bordom on this ship. I got propositioned by one one of the guys today! I had heard rumors about that kind of thing going on on board but I didnot think amything about it. I had better keep a sharp lookout.

February 14 1493

Dave and I decided to day to declare another holiday. Since we both miss our wifes very much we decided to name this day Wifes day.

February 28 1493

Everybody is anxious to get home. Captain Pinzon says that we will get home in aobut 2 weeks. I hope so.

March 10 1493

Well it's Colita's birthday today. I wish that I could be with her right now. I wonder what she's doing right now. Probably wishing that she would never have another birthday again and she's only 23. But I remember her once saying that she never wanted us to grow old. Only happy.

March 15 1493

Land! We land in only 1 hour. I can't wait. I will run all the way home. I'm glad that I have only 1 mile to go. Dave has 2. Some of the other men have even more. Dave and I agreed on him and his wife coming over next week to get our families together. Did I mention that he has 2 sons? Well I gotta go get ready.

October 1500

I was going through some things and discovered this old diary of mine. I decided that I should finish it. Here is what has happened since my return.

I ran the entire way home and was thrilled to find that while I was away, my wife had a baby! She was a beautiful baby girl that was born on December 21st, 1492. I hadn't even realized that Colita was with child. If I had, I certainly would not have left. My daughter's name is maria. She's the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen, next to her mother.

Colita loved the trinkets that I brought her and she has read this diary. I believe that I will never be able to tell her all the stories of my adventures, but that's ok, for she has said that she will never stop listening.

Dave came over that second week and we found that our wives had met the day we left and had become best friends.

As for me, well, I went to the university where Dave worked. Now, I too am teaching a few classes. In Language Arts, if you can believe that. It is certainly a far cry from where I started this.

Colita is with child again. This time, I plan to be here the whole time.

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