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COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER 



the Eke maybe said" of its abundance of large and 



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 fruits, and plants of this irlsiid dioer considerably 



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metals. The people of this island, and of all die 



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of tiiese are as hwgc as a 



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I-.-.-.- ham .i-i inubuanasJ ganuntiBg if - anna, mka 

 white m seed, and headed with a sharp stiek, but they 



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 titodes have taken to fiisht at die sight of dwm, and 

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TdMH peopk :: n horjr fa.:c. in which 



BdMsy wOT be found very tractable. I 

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of Juana for ICKT leagues from west to east, from which 

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die west, in one of which, < 

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dMj have shakm off their fear of us they display a 

 frankness and liberality in their behavior which no 

 one would believe without witnessing it No reouest 



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inrite s<|itsnff of what they i 



such a geocumlj that they would gire away their 



ownhearts. Let the article be of great or small value, 



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leagues in extent, acceding as 1 lean from 

 my Indians, who are acquainted widt aD diese ishmdc. 



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rabia, as I tiarosed one aide of it for die distanre ' 



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an in die name of their highneases, and every 



they ofter it readily, and 



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anj dl fin nuai nu> m -y'- ; -- - ] 

 yet die preference must be given to 



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of these they eatunatsd it as b%hly as the greateat 

 jewel in the world. The sailors would bay of them 



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teOanos and a half, and even more of this metal far 

 aomething still less in value. The whole of an In- 

 ' be purchased of him for a few 



This would amoont to 2 or S rastrflamrf 

 Talne of gold, or the same of cotton thread. Even 

 the pieces of broken hoop* from the entire they would 

 receive in barter for their articles, with the greatest 

 ahnpfieity. I thought snrh trafie uuHaV and there- 

 fore forbade it. I presented them with a variety of 

 things, in order to aeevre their afteetkn, and that they 

 enay'beeome Chriatians, and enter into the services of 

 their highim..** and the CastiBan nation, and also 

 aid us m procuring such thinga as they possess and 



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SIT ships and men. On this amount wherever we 



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are a people of mneh ingenoity, and nav^ateall those 



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or ships like oars. On my arrival at the Indks I took 

 by force from die first island 1 came to a few of the 

 inhabitants, in order that they might learn oar lan- 

 guage and assist as in our discoveries. We succeeded 

 erelong in understanding one another by signs and 

 words, and I have them now with me, still thinking 

 we have come from heaven, as I learn by roach con- 

 versation which I have had with them. Thb they were 

 die first to proclaim wherever we went, and die other 

 natives would ran from house to house and from vil- 

 lage to village, crying: out, " Come and see dw men from 

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as with a surprising good wilL In all die islands 



dtey possess a vast number of canoes, which are of 



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ViilTdeSavidad, and boilt diere a fortress, which 

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mntry has shown great friendship 

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hostile, yet nothing can be feared from diem, m diey 

 are totally ignorant in the world. The small] 

 of men whom I have left there would be i 

 ravage die whole tniiimi, and diey may remain 



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 selves. In aU die JslandftTaT&r as I could observe, 



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diataehief or king has as many as 20. The women 

 appear to do more work dtan die men, and as to 

 their property, I have been unable to learn that they 



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spices with their food. An eland in the second strait, 

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itants who eat five flesh, and' are eBtmsird very fero- 

 cioos in all the other parts. They possess many ca- 

 noes, with whieh diey scour all die islands of India, 

 robbing and capturing all diey meet. They are not 

 of a more deformed appearance dun die others, except 

 that they wear their hair long like women, and use 

 bows and arrows, whieh last are made of cane and 

 pointed with a stick for want of iron, whieh diey do 

 notpoaseas. They exchange their wives, and ah" 

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 bonne islands, yet I do not regard diem more d 



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