[371-1] An echo of the words of Jesus to Peter when he began to sink, "O
thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?" _Matthew_, XIV. 31.
[371-2] _Revelation_, XXI. 1. "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth;
for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away."
[371-3] "For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth." _Isaiah_,
LXV. 17.
[372-1] 1485-1491 inc. and 1492-1500 inc.
[372-2] _Sy yo robara las Yndias o tierra que jaz fase ellas_, etc. In
the translation _jaz fase_ is taken to stand for _yace hacia_. This
supposition makes sense and is probably correct. The reading of the other
text is "_que san face ellas_." Navarrete says that neither one is
intelligible.
[372-3] The death of Prince John, October 4, 1497.
[373-1] The name given to that part of the mainland of South America
which Columbus discovered on his third voyage.
[373-2] _I.e._ so great was their abundance.
[373-3] On this revolt, see Bourne, _Spain in America_, p. 49 _et seqq._,
and in greater detail, Irving, _Columbus_, ed. 1868, II. 109 _et seqq._
[373-4] Hojeda sailed in May 1499. Las Casa's account of his voyage is
translated by Markham in his _Letters of Amerigo Vespucci_, Hakluyt
Society (London, 1894), p. 78 _et seqq._ See also Irving, _Columbus_,
III. 23-42[TN-9] He was accompanied on this voyage by Amerigo Vespucci.
[373-5] Vicente Yanez Pinzon set sail from Palos, November 18, 1499. For
his voyage, see Irving, _Columbus_, III. 49-58.
[374-1] The Alcalde was Roldan, the leader of the revolt. He was alcalde
mayor of the city of Isabela and of the whole island, _i.e._, the chief
justice. Las Casas, _Historia de las Indias_, II. 124.
[374-2] On the career in Espanola of Adrian de Muxica and his execution,
see Irving, _Columbus_, II. 283 _et seqq._
[374-3] Ferdinand de Guevara. See Irving, _Columbus_, II. 283 _et seqq._
[374-4] _I.e._, maravedis, equivalent to about $4000.
[375-1] Bobadilla, the successor of Columbus as governor, who sent him
back in chains.
[375-2] A mark was eight ounces or two-thirds of a Troy pound. Here it is
probably the silver mark as a measure of value, which was about $3.25. If
the word is used as a measure of weight of gold, it would be about $150.
[375-3] Bobadilla arrived at Santo Domingo August 23, 1500.
[375-4] Bartholomew Columbus.
[377-1] Juan Aguado arrived from Spain in October, 1495. Las Casas,
_Historia de las Indias_, II. 109 _et seqq._, gives a full account of his
mission. See also Irving, _Columbus_, ed. 1868, II. 77 _et seqq._
[378-1] Cf. _Daniel_, chs. III. and VI.
[378-2] The castellano was one-sixth of an ounce, or in value about $3.
[378-3] See Bourne, _Spain in America_, p. 50, for Columbus's bitter
characterization of the Spaniards in Espanola in 1498, and p. 46 for the
royal authorization in June, 1497, to transport criminals to the island.
The terrible consequences of this policy led the Spanish government later
to adopt the strictest regulations controlling emigration to the New
World. _Cf._ _Spain in America_, ch. XVI.
[378-4] Bobadilla was a knight commander of the military order of
Calatrava.
[379-1] Diego Columbus had been appointed a page to Prince John in 1492.
Navarrete, _Viages_, II. 17. At this time, 1500, both Diego and Ferdinand
were pages in the Queen's household. _Historie_, ed. 1867, p. 276.
[380-1] The younger brother of the Admiral.
[381-1] _Un otro mundo._ See note, p. 352 above.
[381-2] _Caballeros de conquistas y del uso, y no de letras._ This should
be: "Knights of Conquests and by profession and not of letters." _I.e._,
by nobles that have actually been conquerors and had conquered territory
awarded to them and who are knights by practice or profession and not
gentlemen of letters.
[381-3] What this means is not altogether clear. Apparently Columbus
means that men of letters or lawyers in Greece and Rome, great conquering
nations, would know what standards to apply in his case, and that there
were some such men of breadth in Spain.