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Dieguillo 'Guaiken' Colon(Draft)

Dieguillo Colon originally named "Guaiken".

During So-Called Discovery of Christopher Columbus

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After Columbus

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The Original Source

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Fiction

Taino: A Novel, the reprint of Taino: the Indian Chronicles (1993) by the author Jose Barriero was republished in 2012 . Despite being a fictional work based on colonial accounts the, new paperback cover mentions that, "The book is based on a true story" from the back of the book. Also, both the paperback and the E-book explains how Barriero himself had found significant information.

Plot

Dieguillo Colon, the Taino Indian also known as "Guaiken" from his "ni-taino" relatives and friends, writes a journal based on the conquest of the Carribean islands by the Castilians (also known as the Spaniards ). As directed by the Spanish friar, Bartolome de Las Casas, Dieguillo is set to write about his own story from the day Chrisopher Columbus and his crew landed on the islands of America on October 12th, 1492 - May 5th, 1539, followed by a letter from Las Casas on May 20, 1543. Throughout many years of interaction between the Indigenous people of the Carribean and the Castillians, Dieguilo records about all the atrocities commited by the Spaniards, so Bartolome de Las Casas can make an appeal to the Spanish Court in Spain to bring peace and justice for the Indians. In addition, Dieguillo writes about all his great experiences with his travel to Spain after the first voyage of Columbus and becomes friends with Castillians who have sympathy. Also, Dieguillo writes about his memories in a non-chronological orders to help himself remember all great, horrific, and spiritual memories during the Spanish invasion and conquest.