[Works] . spending that or-der until they could inquire into the cause forwhich the Indians had been made prisoners,and consult learned and pious theologianswhether their sale would be justifiable in theeyes of God.* Much difference of opiniontook place among divines on this importantquestion ; the Queen eventually decided it ac-cording to the dictates of her own pure con-science and charitable heart. She ordered thatthe Indians should be sent back to their nativecountry, and enjoined that the islanders shouldbe conciliated by the gentlest means, insteadof being treated with severity. Unfortun
[Works] . spending that or-der until they could inquire into the cause forwhich the Indians had been made prisoners,and consult learned and pious theologianswhether their sale would be justifiable in theeyes of God.* Much difference of opiniontook place among divines on this importantquestion ; the Queen eventually decided it ac-cording to the dictates of her own pure con-science and charitable heart. She ordered thatthe Indians should be sent back to their nativecountry, and enjoined that the islanders shouldbe conciliated by the gentlest means, insteadof being treated with severity. Unfortunatelyher orders came too late to Hispaniola to havethe desired effect. The scenes of warfare andviolence produced by the bad passions of thecolonists and the vengeance of the natives werenot to be forgotten, and mutual distrust andrankling animosity had grown up betweenthem, which no after exertions could eradi-cate. * Letter of the sovereigns to Fonseca. Navarrete,Coleccion de los Viages, i., ii, doc. Cbapter Iff. ARRIVAI, OP AGUADO AT ISABEI,I,A—HIS ARROGANTCONDUCT—TEMPEST IN THE HARBOR. [1495-] JUAN AGUADO set sail from Spain tow-ards the end of August, with four cara-vels well freighted with supplies of allkinds. Don Diego Columbus returnedin this squadron to Hispaniola, and arrived atIsabella in the month of October while theAdmiral was absent occupied in re-establishingthe tranquillity of the interior. Aguado, ashas already been shown, was under obliga-tions to Columbus, who had distinguishedhim from among his companions and hadrecommended him to the favor of the sov-ereigns. He was however one of those weakmen whose heads are turned by the least ele-vation. Puffed up by a little temporary powerhe lost sight, not merely of the respect andgratitude due to Columbus, but of the nature309 310 Zbe TLife anO Dosages of and extent of his own commission. Insteadof acting as an agent employed to collect in-formation lie assumed a tone of authority,as though the reins of g
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