[Sherman Logan]

He began with the peaceful, generous island tribe who in 1492 paddled out in their canoes to greet a curious sailing vessel commanded by Christopher Columbus.

Leaving out the inconvenient fact that this peaceful people was in the process of being exterminated and eaten by invading tribes from the mainland, from whom we get the word "cannibal."

[daniel1212]

Thanks. Do you have a reference for that handy? I collect things.