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Columbus encountered First Nation people when he first set foot on North America. He was able to trade beads and food.

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Yes, in the West Indies; he never landed on the US mainland - although he thought they were Japanese.

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Yes, he also first coined the term Indians, falsely believing they came from the Indian subcontinent. Indio is a town in California, by the way.

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If by "conquer" you mean pointless wholesale slaughter, then yes, Columbus murdered many indians.

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Pickle. nuff said. jk no.

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