Columbus assented, and proposed the Archbishop Diego de Deza as an arbiter.
The reader must remember that it was he who had assisted Columbus in early days when the inquiry was made at Salamanca.

The king assented to the arbitration, but proposed that it should include questions which Columbus would not consider as doubtful.

One of these was his restoration to his office of viceroy.
Now on the subject of his dignities Columbus was tenacious.

He regarded everything else as unimportant in comparison.

He would not admit that there was any question that he was the viceroy of the Indies, and all this discussion ended in the postponement of all consideration of his claims till, after his death, it was too late for them to be considered.
All the documents, when read with the interest which we take in his character and fortunes, are indeed pathetic; but they did not seem so to the king, if indeed they ever met his eye.
In despair of obtaining justice for himself, Columbus asked that his son Diego might be sent to Hispaniola in his place.