CBI wrote:Для пытливой публики, есть книга A People's History of the United States (1492 - present) by Howard Zinn. Он в ней дает подробное описание отчета испанского священника.
The Taino, an Arawak group, became dominant; also notable were the Ciboney Indians. In the 15th century between 100,000 and several million Taino and Ciboney lived on the island, which the Taino called Quisqueya. They based their economies on cassava farming, fishing, and interisland trade (gold jewelry, pottery, and other goods).
Christopher Columbus sighted Quisqueya on December 6, 1492, and named it La Isla Española (“The Spanish Island,” anglicized as Hispaniola). Over the next few decades, the Spanish enslaved vast numbers of Indians to mine for gold. European diseases and brutal working conditions devastated the indigenous population, which fell to about 30,000 by 1514; by the end of the 16th century, the group had virtually vanished.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu ... =haiti&ct=
Весьма характерные передергивания "пытливая публика" может наблюдать в вышеприведенном русском переводе, а если учесть, что Howard Zinn единомышленник N O A M C H O M S K Y, то становится понятным и качество источника и почему в истории США описываются зверства испанцев на Гаити за несколько сот лет до создания самой США.