Roldan, however, who had come to look for Ojeda, discovered him at this point; and there ensued some very pretty play between the two rascals, chiefly in trickery and treachery, such as capturing each other's boats and emissaries, laying traps for one another, and taking prisoner one another's crews.

The end of it was that Ojeda left the island without having reported himself to Columbus, but not before he had completed his business--which was that of provisioning his ships and collecting dye-wood and slaves.
And so exit Ojeda from the Columbian drama.

Of his own drama only one more act remained to be played; which, for the sake of our past interest in him, we will mention here.

Chiefly on account of his intimacy with Fonseca he was some years later given a governorship in the neighbourhood of the Gulf of Darien; Juan de la Cosa accompanying him as unofficial partner.

Ojeda has no sooner landed there than he is fighting the natives; natives too many for him this time; Ojeda forced to hide in the forest, where he finds the body of de la Cosa, who has come by a shocking death.