[Works] . Cbapter Willi. INTRIGUES AGAINST COI<UMBUS IN THE COURT OF SPAIN—AGUADO SENT TO INVESTIGATE THE AFFAIRS OF HISPANIOI<A. [1495] WHILE Columbus was endeavoring toremedy the evils produced by themisconduct of Margarite, that rec-reant commander and his politicalcoadjutor, Friar Boyle, were busy undermininghis reputation in the court of Castile. Theyaccused him of deceiving the sovereigns andthe public by extravagant descriptions of thecountries he had discovered; they pronouncedthe island of Hispaniola a source of expenserather than profit, and they drew a dismal pict-ure of the s
[Works] . Cbapter Willi. INTRIGUES AGAINST COI<UMBUS IN THE COURT OF SPAIN—AGUADO SENT TO INVESTIGATE THE AFFAIRS OF HISPANIOI<A. [1495] WHILE Columbus was endeavoring toremedy the evils produced by themisconduct of Margarite, that rec-reant commander and his politicalcoadjutor, Friar Boyle, were busy undermininghis reputation in the court of Castile. Theyaccused him of deceiving the sovereigns andthe public by extravagant descriptions of thecountries he had discovered; they pronouncedthe island of Hispaniola a source of expenserather than profit, and they drew a dismal pict-ure of the sufferings of the colony, occasioned,as they said, by the oppressions of Columbusand his brothers. They charged them withtasking the community with excessive laborduring a time of general sickness and debility ;with stopping the rations of individuals on the299 30O Zbe TLite an& liJogagcs of most trifling pretext, to the great detriment oftheir health ; with wantonly inflicting severecorporal punishme
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