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To: SunkenCiv

Years ago I read Columbus's diaries, I don't remember much, but I seem to remember him speaking of number of inhabitants where they first landed. An island that is .2 square miles is very small and I question that it could sustain more than a handful of people. It would seem that the natives would have migrated to the larger Bahamanian islands. An island this small would not even have been able to accomodate Columbus's crew for one night.


11 posted on 09/19/2004 1:20:08 PM PDT by wagglebee (Benedict Arnold was for American independence before he was against it.)
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To: wagglebee

It is small, but they were maritime people, so a small island could have accommodated more than a handful on a permanent basis. The ships themselves would have drawn a crowd from other islands. :')


13 posted on 09/19/2004 2:29:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=napalminthemorning)
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To: wagglebee

Pickering's page on population:
http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/lclog4.htm

(alliteration ping)


22 posted on 09/19/2004 7:40:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=napalminthemorning)
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