One cannot blame Columbus for seeking a return for his work, but to demand such rewards was a little far-fetched. ... By directly pointing out the lack of proper military weapons and equipment of the natives, Columbus downplays any threat of resistance. ... According to a Library of Congress exhibit on Columbus, the native population declined from an estimate 1 million to 30,000 over just two decades. ... He laid the foundation with the blood of millions of Native Americans for the systematic genocide and displacement of the Native Americans that would ensue in the years to come. ... His lust...

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Columbus dubbed these and other peoples of the New World Indians', and unlike their North American counterparts (which are now more fairly and politically correct referred to as Native Americans) we still call them indigenous people. ... The pirates were mainly runaway men that included criminals, refugees and escaped slaves who saw no point in returning to their native lands. ... Fray Pané's accounts were mainly of the religious traditions and customs of the Taíno people, as a friar commissioned not only to make critical observations about the religion he was studying, mo...

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