Still was the arrival of Enciso delayed, and at length Ojeda was forced to come to a compromise with his desperate followers. It was agreed between them that he himself should proceed in one of the vessels to _San Domingo_, in quest of supplies and reinforcements, and that they--that is to say, the bulk of the colonists--should remain for fifty days at _San Sebastian_, at the end of which time, should he not have returned, they were to be free to depart in the other brigantines to _Hispaniola_. Meanwhile Francisco Pizarro was to command the colony in his absence, or until the arrival of Enciso. Ojeda embarked in the ship that had brought Talavera; but when he attempted to take the command, he was resisted by that individual backed by his entire crew. The result was that the fiery Ojeda was thrown into irons, from which he was only released because no other person on board was capable of managing the ship. As it was, the pirates had allowed the vessel to be carried so far out of her course for _San Domingo_ that Ojeda had no other resource but to run it ashore on the southern coast of _Cuba_. When on shore the truce was continued between Ojeda and his late associates; for they felt that none of the party but he could guide them in their forlorn plight. They were too disheartened to force their way through the inhabited country, where they would have to fight the irritated natives; and therefore Ojeda, who had only before him a choice of evils, led them through the savannas and marshes, whence, with incredible labour, they at length emerged on an Indian village. Their sufferings had been intense and incessant, and out of the number of seventy who had set out, but one-half survived. With these Ojeda continued his march to Cape _de la Cruz_, whence, by means of a canoe, he was able to communicate with the Spaniards on the island of _Jamaica_. A _caravel_ was sent to bring the party to the latter island, and from there, after a short delay, Ojeda set sail for _San Domingo_, leaving Talavera and his friends behind him. These were, however, soon afterwards arrested, and tried for their act of piracy, Talavera and several of his accomplices being hanged. At _San Domingo_ nothing was known respecting the Bachelor Enciso, who had long since set out to join his chief, and who had not afterwards been heard of. Thus was the last hope of Ojeda gone. He was reduced to beggary, and his gallant spirit was at length so crushed by misfortune, that with his last breath he asked that he might be buried at the gate of the monastery of _San Francisco_, so that, in expiation of his former pride, every one who should enter might tread upon his grave.