20/22 Yet he believed that what was told pertained to men of Margarite, not to that cavalier himself. He wrote to Margarite--I do not know what. But presently a plan arose in his mind and was announced. Don Alonso de Ojeda was to command St.Thomas.Don Pedro Margarite should have a moving force of several hundred Castilians, mainly for exploration, but at need for other things. Going here and there about the country, it might impress upon Caonabo that the Spaniard though gentle by nature, was dangerous when aroused. |