Our Men Pursued Them, And Made Such Havock, That In A Short
Time, Through GOD'S Assistance, Many Of The Enemies Were Slain, And Others
Taken Prisoners, Among Whom Was Caunabo The Principal Cacique Of The Whole,
With His Wives And Children, And One Of His Brothers.
Caunabo afterwards
confessed that he had killed twenty of the Spaniards who had been left
with Arana at the
Town of the Nativity on the first voyage, when the
Indies were discovered; and that he had afterwards gone under colour of
friendship to Isabella, that he might observe how best to attack it and do
as he had formerly done at Navidad. The admiral had been fully informed
of all these things by others, and therefore to punish him for that
offence and for this revolt, he sent the whole family prisoners into Spain,
not being inclined to execute so considerable a person without the
knowledge of their Catholic majesties; but he capitally punished several
others of the ringleaders in the revolt. The consequences of this great
victory, and the capture of Caunabo put the affairs of the Christians into
such good order, that although there were then only 630 Spaniards in the
island, many of whom were sick, and others women and children; yet in the
space of a year, which the admiral employed in traversing the island
without being again constrained to use the sword, he reduced it to entire
obedience, and brought the people to engage for the payment of a tribute
every three months to their Catholic majesties.
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