Among these things he insisted upon releasing Porras, whom Columbus had confined in chains; and he talked of punishing those faithful followers of Columbus who had taken part in the battle between Bartholomew and the rebels, because in this fight some of the followers of Porras had been killed.

Acts like these produced weary bickerings and arguments between Ovando and Columbus, unprofitable to them, unprofitable to us.

The Admiral seems now to have relapsed into a condition in which he cared only for two things, his honours and his emoluments.

Over every authoritative act of Ovando's there was a weary squabble between him and the Admiral, Ovando claiming his right of jurisdiction over the whole territory of the New World, including Jamaica, and Columbus insisting that by his commission and letters of authority he had been placed in sole charge of the members of his own expedition.
And then, as regards his emoluments, the Admiral considered himself (and not without justice) to have been treated most unfairly.

By the extravagant terms of his original agreement he was, as we know, entitled to a share of all rents and dues, as well as of the gold collected; but it had been no one's business to collect these for him, and every one's business to neglect them.