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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  Santo 
  Domingo 
  when 
  referring 
  to 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  occupied 
  

   by 
  the 
  Dominican 
  Repubhc. 
  

  

  More 
  than 
  a 
  month 
  elapsed 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  that 
  Columbus 
  first 
  

   landed 
  at 
  Cape 
  St. 
  Nicholas, 
  the 
  extreme 
  northwestern 
  point 
  of 
  

   Haiti, 
  until 
  he 
  had 
  completed 
  exploration 
  of 
  the 
  400 
  miles 
  of 
  its 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  coast 
  and 
  entered 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Samana, 
  in 
  January, 
  1493. 
  In 
  

   the 
  meantime 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  caravels, 
  the 
  Santa 
  Maria, 
  had 
  been 
  wrecked 
  

   near 
  Cape 
  Haitien, 
  and 
  he 
  had 
  founded 
  a 
  settlement 
  for 
  the 
  crew 
  of 
  

   his 
  wrecked 
  vessel 
  near 
  by, 
  using 
  wreckage 
  from 
  the 
  ship 
  as 
  building 
  

   material 
  for 
  the 
  fort 
  and 
  storehouse. 
  A 
  large 
  native 
  village 
  located 
  a 
  

   short 
  distance 
  inland 
  from 
  the 
  scene 
  of 
  the 
  shipwreck 
  was 
  the 
  residence 
  

   of 
  Goacanagaric, 
  the 
  cacique 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  province 
  of 
  Marien. 
  

   Goacanagaric 
  soon 
  became 
  the 
  friendly 
  adviser 
  of 
  Columbus 
  and 
  the 
  

   lifelong 
  friend 
  of 
  the 
  Spanish 
  invaders. 
  The 
  location 
  of 
  Goacanagaric's 
  

   village, 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Guarico, 
  was 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  

   the 
  beach, 
  where 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Petit 
  Anse 
  now 
  stands, 
  about 
  2 
  miles 
  

   southeast 
  of 
  Cape 
  Haitien. 
  

  

  Goacanagaric 
  told 
  Columbus 
  that 
  Caribs 
  had 
  frequently 
  made 
  

   attacks 
  on 
  his 
  people 
  and 
  had 
  carried 
  away 
  captives. 
  When 
  on 
  raiding 
  

   expeditions, 
  the 
  Caribs 
  were 
  armed 
  with 
  bows 
  and 
  arrows. 
  The 
  

   offer 
  of 
  Columbus 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  Goacanagaric 
  from 
  the 
  

   invasions 
  of 
  the 
  Caribs 
  was 
  enthusiastically 
  received. 
  Fear 
  of 
  the 
  

   Caribs 
  formed 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  a 
  lasting 
  friendship 
  between 
  Goacanagaric 
  

   and 
  Columbus. 
  At 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Tortuga, 
  not 
  far 
  off 
  the 
  Haitian 
  

   coast 
  and 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Guarico, 
  the 
  Spanish 
  had 
  seen 
  evidence 
  of 
  

   the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  roving 
  Carib. 
  Later, 
  as 
  Columbus 
  sailed 
  eastward 
  

   and 
  approached 
  the 
  Lesser 
  AnUlles, 
  additional 
  evidence 
  was 
  discovered 
  

   of 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  Carib 
  in 
  Santo 
  Domingo. 
  

  

  When 
  Columbus 
  with 
  his 
  two 
  remaining 
  ships, 
  the 
  Pinta 
  and 
  the 
  

   Nina, 
  rounded 
  Cape 
  Cabron 
  and 
  anchored 
  in 
  Samana 
  Bay 
  on 
  January 
  

   13, 
  1493, 
  he 
  encountered 
  Indians 
  as 
  hostile 
  as 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  the 
  north- 
  

   western 
  coast 
  under 
  Goacanagaric 
  had 
  been 
  friendly. 
  The 
  captain 
  

   of 
  the 
  Pinta, 
  Martin 
  Pinzon, 
  had 
  taken 
  four 
  native 
  men 
  and 
  two 
  

   girls 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Porto 
  Caballo 
  on 
  the 
  northeastern 
  coast 
  

   aboard 
  the 
  Pinta 
  to 
  be 
  sold 
  later 
  as 
  slaves 
  in 
  Spain. 
  When 
  Columbus 
  

   discovered 
  what 
  had 
  been 
  done 
  he 
  made 
  restitution 
  and 
  returned 
  the 
  

   captives 
  to 
  their 
  village 
  with 
  gifts, 
  but 
  the 
  news 
  of 
  the 
  capture 
  had 
  

   preceded 
  them. 
  The 
  easily 
  hostile 
  Indians 
  of 
  northeastern 
  Santo 
  

   Domingo 
  and 
  of 
  Samana 
  Peninsula, 
  known 
  as 
  Cigua3^os 
  because 
  of 
  

   their 
  custom 
  of 
  not 
  cutting 
  their 
  hair, 
  simply 
  anticipated 
  a 
  raid 
  from 
  

   the 
  Spanish 
  resembling 
  that 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  familiar 
  from 
  the 
  

   Caribs. 
  

  

  Columbus 
  thought 
  that 
  as 
  the 
  Ciguayans 
  were 
  hostile 
  and 
  appeared 
  

   quite 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  peaceful 
  subjects 
  of 
  his 
  friend 
  Goacanagaric 
  

   of 
  the 
  northwest 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  they 
  must 
  be 
  representatives 
  of 
  

  

  