"TheTaínos were the people Christopher Columbus and his men encountered when they first set foot in the New World. Taínos greeted the Spaniards when the voyagers landed in the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and other islands. They were were doomed the moment the Europeans came ashore." Read more at: **
European Colonization and the Cruel Fate of the Taínos
(* Link also shared via my Pinterest board on The Bahamas.)
** Note: Articles or other paged links on the suite.io site are not available. I have been unable to find archived or cached copies. Here are alternate links:
The Taino genocide | Agabond
What Became of the Taíno?
The Indians who greeted Columbus were long believed to have died out. But a journalist's search for their descendants turned up surprising results
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