The life and voyages of Christopher Columbus : autograph manuscript fragment : [n.p., n.d.].

The page reads: "[...] their state and secure their power as they marched about the island enriching themselves with the spoils of the caciques. By these seditious insinuations he exasperated their feelings to such a degree, that they at one time formed a conspiracy to assassinate the adelantado, but it was happily disconcerted by accident. When the caravel returned from Xaragua laden with provisions, it was dismantled by order of Don Diego and drawn up on the beach. Roldan immediately siezed upon this circumstance to awaken new suspicions. He said the true reason for dismantling the caravel was to prevent any of the colonists returning in it to Spain, to represent the oppressions under which they suffered. He advised them to launch and take possession of the vessel as the only means of regaining their independence. They might then throw off the tyranny of these upstart foreigners and might lead a life of ease and quiet employing the Indians as slaves and enjoying unlimited indulgence with [...]".