Columbus provisions his caravel to sail home and escape the Pinzóns

Because of the east and southeast wind, which blew hard, he did not sail this day, and for this reason he ordered the caravel supplied with water and firewood and with everything needed for the whole voyage; because, although he had the wish to coast all the coast of that Española that he could on his way, yet because those he had put in the caravels as captains were brothers, namely Martín Alonso Pinzón and Vicente Anes, and others who followed them with arrogance and greed, reckoning that everything was already theirs, without regard for the honor the Admiral had done and given them, had not obeyed and did not obey his orders, and instead did and said many improper things against him, and the Martín Alonso had left him from 21 November until 6 January without cause or reason except his disobedience; all of which the Admiral had suffered and kept silent about in order to bring his voyage to a good end; …