At one point, the Taino population had reached over 3 million. They were inventive people, their towns were densely settled and well organized. When columbus came, the Taino people tried to impress Columbus by making exquisite pottery, wove intricate belts from dyed cotton and carved enigmatic images from wood, stone, shell and bone. That had led to their undoing, Columbus said to the Taino “You will give all that they do possess for anything that is given to them, exchanging things even for bites of broken crockery” The Taino were very built and handsome, which led to Columbus saying “They should be very good servants”. In 1492, Columbus established the first American colony in La Isabela, off the coast of Hispaniola. Spaniards removed men
