yes
The Native Americans
Columbus was trying to get to India when he ran into North America. He thought that he had arrived in India, so he referred to the Native Americans as Indians. AND, we still refer to them as such.
Native Americans
Christopher Columbus because the Native Americans were in America first and Christopher Columbus was there second. He did not discover America because Native Americans were already there.
The first Native Americans that Christopher Columbus encountered on his voyage to the Americas were the Lucayan people. The name Lucayan is the English version of their name for themselves - Lukku-Cairi, which means people of the islands.
NO he made the native Americans be his slaves and whipped them if they didn't work fast enough
Columbus didn't land in North America, but if he had he would have found millions of Native Americans living there.
Christopher Columbus met the Native Indians when he reached America.
He encountered Native Americans, he believed he had arrived at India so he called them indians.
He encountered Native Americans, he believed he had arrived at India so he called them indians.
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Columbus was a greedy little man who intended to steal any gold he found and to enslave the people he found. He wrote in his diary that the Native Americans he met would make good slaves.