He told Columbus, that they had determined to go back to Spain; and then, lifting his voice, he shouted, "I am for Castile; who will follow me ?" The mutinous crew instantly replied that they would do so.

Voices were heard which threatened Columbus's life.
His brother, the Adelantado, persuaded Columbus to retire from the crowd and himself assumed the whole weight of the assault.

The loyal part of the crew, however, persuaded him to put down his weapon, and on the other hand, entreated Porras and his companions to depart.

It was clear enough that they had the power, and they tried to carry out their plans.
They embarked in ten canoes, and thus the Admiral was abandoned by forty-eight of his men.

They followed, to the eastward, the route which Mendez had taken.