They were lazy; they were rough; they treated the Indians badly; they quarreled among themselves; some of them ran off to live in the woods.

Then sickness came; there were two "sides," each one jealous of the other; the Indians became enemies.

A fiery war-chief from the hills, whose name was Caonabo, led the Indians against the white men.

The fort and village were surprised, surrounded and destroyed.

And the little band of "conquerors"-- as the Spaniards loved to call themselves--was itself conquered and killed.
It was a terrible disappointment to Columbus.