OK, Ol' Chris didn't find NORTH America, which is the half-continent within our oeuvre.  But you can't talk about them 'Mercan Indians without him - he was an important trendsetter in the new world and stands for important and recognizable principles, like greed, lust and hubris.  As bright and intelligent as he indubitably was, he was also, as my granny from central Kentucky might have remarked, "touched."  Tune in - we got several episodes on Columbus, the Caribbean and Conflict!