: r -5 HISTORY OF THE [BOOK n. 



re seems no good reason to dispute, the conjec- 

 ire is strongly confirmed; for he embarked for Spain 

 :\ discontent in 1517., returned to his government 

 .h fuller powers in 1520, and died in his native 

 untry in the latter end of 1525, or the beginning of 

 26; and it was certainly after his arrival the last 

 ^.e in Hispaniola, that he laid, or caused to be laid, 

 foundation of St. Jago de la Vega.f 



: 



The new city increased rapidly, and in 1545 (twen- 

 years after the death of its founder) it had the ho- 

 : -ir of giving the title of marquis to his son and 

 :lr, who received, at the same time, from the empe- 

 r Charles V. a grant of the whole island in perpe- 

 :al sovereis^ntv, as an hereditary fief of the crown of 



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.stile. 



As this is an important circumstance in the history 



r f this island, and seems not to have been perfectly 



tiderstood by any of the English historians who have 



ated of the affairs of Jamaica, I presume, that a 



.".ore copious account and explanation of it w r ill not 



unacceptable. 



Diego Columbus left issue three sons and two 

 daughters. His eldest son, Don Lewis, succeeded 



f Since this was written I have discovered, by a re-perusal of Oviedo, 

 :hnt there was a general revolt of the Indians of St. Domingo in De- 

 . aiber 1522, which Diego Columbus suppressed, and immediately af- 

 .v ; wards repaired to Jamaica to take on himself the government in the 

 -om of Garay. It seems probable, from hence, that the revolt extend- 

 . i lo both islands. 



