Dispelling the Columbus Day Myths: and Celebrating the Indigenous Peoples! Quotes from the Diary of Michele de Cuneo, who participated in Columbus's second expedition to the Americas “While I was in the boat, I captured a very beautiful woman, whom the Lord Admiral [Columbus] gave to me. When I had taken her to my cabin she was naked — as was their custom. I was filled with a desire to take my pleasure with her and attempted to satisfy my desire. She was unwilling, and so treated me with her nails that I wished I had never begun. I then took a piece of rope and whipped her soundly, and she let forth such incredible screams that you would not have believed your ears. Eventually, we came to such terms, I assure you, that you would have thought she had been brought up in a school for whores.” According to Cuneo, Columbus ordered 1,500 men and women seized, letting 400 go and condemning 500 to be sent to Spain, and another 600 to be enslaved by Spanish men remaining on the island. About 200 of the 500 sent to Spain died on the voyage and were thrown by the Spanish into the Atlantic 50,000 Indians committed mass suicide rather than comply with the Spanish What was the impact of the discovery of America on the Ancient people who lived there? What did our world lose as a result of their genocide? How can we get back this ancient knowledge and correct the sins of our fathers?