. The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 4); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . o factionsamong the Spaniards in Haiti, one headed by the ad-miral, the other composed of perhaps a majority of thesettlers including ecclesiastics. Still the monarchs en-joined iihe colonists by letter to obey Columbus ineverything and confirmed his authority and incriminations, however, continued, and chargeswere made of nepotism and spoliation of royal was probably some foundation for these charges,though also
. The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 4); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . o factionsamong the Spaniards in Haiti, one headed by the ad-miral, the other composed of perhaps a majority of thesettlers including ecclesiastics. Still the monarchs en-joined iihe colonists by letter to obey Columbus ineverything and confirmed his authority and incriminations, however, continued, and chargeswere made of nepotism and spoliation of royal was probably some foundation for these charges,though also much wilful misrepresentation. Unableto ascertain the true condition of affairs, the sovereignsfinally decided to send to the Indies a special commis-sioner to investigate and report. Their choice fellupon Juan de Aguado who had gone with Columbus onhis first voyage and with whom he always had been onfriendly terms. Aguado arrived at Isabella in Octo-ber, 1495, while Columbus was absent on a journey ofexploration across the island. No clash appears tohave occurred between Aguado and Bartholomew Col-umbus, who was in charge of the colony during his. SOME PORTRAITS OF COLUMBUS NAVAL MUSKU\r, MADRID (PAINTER UNKNOWN SEVILLE, 1504) madrid, the kinos library {antonio delrincon) THE SO-CALLED DE BRY PORTRAIT (VERSAILLES) TIIK CEVASCO PORTRAIT, GENOAUFFIZI GALLERY, FLORENCEMARBLE BUST, PINACOTHECA, ROME COLUMBUS U5 COLUMBUS brothers absence, much less with the admiral himselfupon the latters return. Soon after, reports of im-portant gold discoveries came from a remote quarterof the island accompanied by specimens. The arrivalof Aguado convinced Columbus of the necessity for hisappearance in Spain and that new discoveries of goldwould strengthen his position there. So he fitted outtwo ships, one for himself and one for Aguado, placingin them two hundred dissatisfied colonists, a captiveIndian chief (who died on the voyage), and thirty In-dian prisoners, and set sail for Spain on 10 Mar
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