Respuesta :

On December 5 or 6 1492 a fateful wind led Christopher Columbus to the island of Haiti that he renamed Española  

thinking that it looked like Spain. Guacanagaric, the cacique of the Marien in the northern part of the island, warmly welcomed  

Columbus. He thought the Taino looked coward and could easily be defeated and enslaved:  

"They...brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things... They would make fine servants... With fifty  

men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.

On December 5 or 6 1492 a fateful wind led Christopher Columbus to the island of Haiti that he renamed Española  thinking that it looked like Spain. Guacanagaric, the cacique of the Marien in the northern part of the island, warmly welcomed  Columbus. He thought the Taino looked coward and could easily be defeated and enslaved:  "They...brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things... They would make fine servants... With fifty  men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.