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Show Kept Ignominy in Memory. On the 5th of November, in 1500, Christopher Columbus, in spite of the Incalculable services he had rendered ren-dered to Spain, was taken into Cadiz in fetters. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were moved at the sight and commanded that he he released. Columbus, Co-lumbus, however, was unable to forgive for-give the insult, and until the time of his death the ignominious fetters were hung in full sight on his walls as a reminder of the ingratitude of his sovereigns. |