"Columbus freed some of the women on the island now known as Guadeloupe."
On the second voyage, Columbus and
his medical expert, a Dr. Diego Alvarez Chanca, came upon human
bones in villages and other indications of human sacrifice and
cannibalism. The Caribs also routinely raided neighboring Arawak
tribes for concubines. In fact, Columbus freed some of the women
on the island now known as Guadeloupe and returned them to their
villages during the second voyage. There were so many of these
captive Arawak women in Carib villages that all the women seem to
have spoken Arawak (Carib and Taino women alike), while Carib was
a tongue reserved for the men. Columbus and Chanca also met up
with captive boys who had apparently been gelded in order to
fatten them up for eating. One of the best recent studies of
Columbus has concluded, "To deny that cannibalism existed, one
needs to assume that a wide range of European commentators simply
made up the stories, an interpretation that defies reason, logic,
and the available evidence."
his medical expert, a Dr. Diego Alvarez Chanca, came upon human
bones in villages and other indications of human sacrifice and
cannibalism. The Caribs also routinely raided neighboring Arawak
tribes for concubines. In fact, Columbus freed some of the women
on the island now known as Guadeloupe and returned them to their
villages during the second voyage. There were so many of these
captive Arawak women in Carib villages that all the women seem to
have spoken Arawak (Carib and Taino women alike), while Carib was
a tongue reserved for the men. Columbus and Chanca also met up
with captive boys who had apparently been gelded in order to
fatten them up for eating. One of the best recent studies of
Columbus has concluded, "To deny that cannibalism existed, one
needs to assume that a wide range of European commentators simply
made up the stories, an interpretation that defies reason, logic,
and the available evidence."
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