Primary Source- Quote from Christopher Columbus
Columbus, Christopher. "Christopher Columbus Quotes." thinkexist.com 1492 0. 8 Dec 2008
“These people are very unskilled in arms ... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished.”
posted by malikb @ 6:54 AM
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This is a bit late, but here is what I found that may get you closer to the initial source:
"They do not bear arms and do not know them, for [when] I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane. . . . They would make fine servants. . . . With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want."
- Christopher Columbus
On his initial impressions soon after coming ashore in the "new world." Ship's log, 1492. In Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States, 1, 1980.
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