Columbus judges Ayiti larger than Portugal and says he could subdue it

… Nor would I have left people here on this voyage; nor, even if I had wished to leave them, could I have given them such good fitting out, nor so much gear, nor so many provisions, nor material for a fortress. And it is very true that many of the people who are here with me had begged me, and had others beg me, to be willing to give them leave to stay. Now I have ordered a tower and fortress built, all very well done, and a great moat, not because I believe there is need of it on account of these people, for I hold it as said that with these people I bring I could subjugate this whole island, which I believe is larger than Portugal, and has twice as many people; but they are naked and without arms, and very cowardly beyond remedy. But it is right that this tower be built, and that things be kept as they ought to be kept, being so far from Your Highnesses; and so that they may know the skill of Your Highnesses’ people and what they can do, so that they may obey them with love and fear; …