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Having pointed out the previous decontextualisation, it is worth mentioning that Columbus was no saint, and that he acted like a tyrant when he was governor of the Indies. His tyrannical rule led to an official investigation by Francisco de Bobadilla, who interrogated 23 witnesses, and there are testimonies that can make anyone shudder.
Columbus' tyranny was not specifically against the natives, he was also ruthless against the Spaniards. From Bobadilla's investigation, there arose some awful misdeeds, of which I shall only enumerate a few:
-He had Hernando de Guevara executed, throwing him from the ramparts of the town of Concepción without due process. Not only that, but Guevara had not even finished confessing the accusations brought against him.
-He had Inés de Malver whipped and publicly scorned for having pretended being pregnant in order to get more food from the rationing.
-The slave Luquitas was sentenced to death for stealing wheat. Columbus changed his mind, and had Luquitas' nose and ears cut off, and had the man expelled.
- He had a man nailed to the gates of a church for several days.
-A woman was punished by Bartholomew Columbus with the usual 100 whiplashes for having said that the Columbus' brothers were of low birth.
-He sold Spaniards into slavery for debts.