Ovando refuses Columbus entry to Santo Domingo and ignores his storm warning
He arrived at this port of Sancto Domingo on the 29th of June, and, when near, sent in a boat from one ship the Captain of it, called Pedro de Terreros, who had been his head steward, to tell the Commander of Lares of the need he had to leave that ship, and to ask that he think it well that he enter the port with his ships, not only to exchange or buy another, but to take shelter from a great storm that he held for certain was soon to come. The Governor would not give him leave to enter this river and port, and I believe he had brought his orders so, from the Sovereigns, because in truth, with Commander Bobadilla still there, of whom the Admiral had so many complaints, and Francisco Roldán and those who had risen with him, who had said and written so much evil of him to the Sovereigns, and for other reasons that could be considered, and from which some grave scandals might have been born, the Sovereigns provided for it most prudently, not giving him license to enter here, and commanding the Commander and Governor also that he should not admit him; …