Describe the indigenous peoples he encountered

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Using Tzvetan Todorov - The Conquest of America

In the journals from his second voyage to the "New World," how did Columbus describe the indigenous peoples (Carib) he encountered? Provide a list of characteristics ascribed to this population and explain the significance of his representation of this population with respect to the purposes of this second voyage.

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