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1501-09-27

The Crown orders Ovando to restore everything Bobadilla took from Columbus

Haitian

… They ordered the Commander of Lares to restore to the Admiral and to his brothers all the gold and jewels, and the property in livestock and provisions of bread and wine, and books, and the clothes and attire of their persons, that the commander Bobadilla had taken from them, and that his officials should deliver to him the tenth and eighth of the gold, and of all the other gains and profits, as his privileges stated. They gave him license to keep on this island of la Española a person who would understand and have charge of his property, and receive the revenues and whatever he was to have, in accordance with his privileges, and who should be present, with the King’s inspector (Veedor), at the smeltings, to see the gold of this island and of the other islands and mainland that was smelted and marked, of all of which he would receive the tenth part, and who should also assist, with the King’s factor, in the matters of merchandise, and trading and the profits from them, of which the Admiral was to take the eighth part. …

Source  ·  p. t. III, pp. 23, 24 Bartolomé de Las Casas, Historia de las Indias (t. III) (1875), p. t. III, pp. 23, 24