I'm a man of my word therefore I am engaging in a fight with Tubanamá. I have promised Ponquiaco that I would do so. We have been victorious in the battle with Tubanamá and we will ransom the chief for a large amount of gold. I am coming down with a high fever and my health has been weakened. My men are forced to carry me back to Santa Marta. We have returned and to Santa Marta and it has been brought to my attention that I am being accused of usurping command of the colony and being disloyal to the Crown. I have tried my hardest to work with Pedrarias but it has been useless, we simply don't might eye to eye. There are new accusations being brought against me. This time I am being accused of starting a rebellion and treason. I refuse to believe that I will be put on trail unjustly. I have insisted that I am innocent of what they accuse me but it has all been in vain. Therefore I accept my sentence. It is the morning of January 21, 1514 and the guard will be escorting me to the public square of Santa Marta to be beheaded.
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