Calif Bill wrote:
"Tom Francis" wrote in message
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On 12 Oct 2006 08:05:06 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

Oh, and one final thing they got wrong about Columbus. His name. His
name wasn't really Christopher Columbus, but rather Cristobal Colon.

Now, thanks apparently to the New American Indian Movement, he was a
slaver, native abuser and a rapist.

~~ sigh ~~

But the First Nation people / Native American's were slave holders also.
Abused other natives, and probably a few rapist among them. Oh Well.

Slaves were commonly held by the wealthiest First Nations families here
on the NW Coast.
Much like people enslaved by folks of European ancestry, the slaves
were assigned the most difficult or menial tasks while the slave owners
lived relatively luxurious lifestyles.

Here's a link to a synopsis of well known a tale describing the
enslavement of an Englishman by a native chief in British Columbia:

http://www.abcbookworld.com/?state=v...author_id=3954