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1498-10-26

Columbus sends Roldán a safe-conduct to come from Bonao to Santo Domingo

Haitian

… Whereas between the Adelantado, my brother, and the Alcalde Francisco Roldan and his company there have been certain differences in my absence, while I was in Castile, and to provide a means in it such that Their Highnesses are served, it is necessary that the said Alcalde come before me and give me an account of all things as they have passed, although I am informed of some of it by the said Adelantado. And because the said Alcalde is apprehensive, the said Adelantado being, as he is, my brother, by the present I give safe-conduct in the name of Their Highnesses to the said Alcalde and to those who may come with him here to Sancto Domingo, where I am, for the coming and stay and return to the Bonao, where he now is, that he shall not be vexed or molested in anything, nor those who come with him, during the said time; which I promise and give my faith and word, as a gentleman, according to the usage of Spain, to fulfill and keep this said safe-conduct, as said; …

Source  ·  p. t. II, p. 337 Bartolomé de Las Casas, Historia de las Indias (t. II) (1875), p. t. II, p. 337