[SIZE=+1]These Holas are savages, savages, no question. They hate to bathe, are overdressed and embarrassed to see a human body, and they have no good ballgames. They are also superstitious, and won't hear a word against what they believe, nor look the least bit at what is true, but spend hour after hour on day after day purely on ceremony, and their Lord help them from their priests if they fall into what they see as error.
I am glad we are helping these men by showing them the right road.
- letter from Arawak soldier in Spain, 1452
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