The king warns of Carib raiders and Columbus promises to destroy them

… After they finished eating he took the Admiral to the beach, and the Admiral sent for a Turkish bow and a sheaf of arrows, and the Admiral had a man of his company who was skilled in it shoot; and to the lord, as he does not know what weapons are, because they neither have them nor use them, it seemed a great thing; although, he says, the beginning was over talk of the people of Caniba, whom they call Caribes, who come to seize them, and carry bows and arrows without iron, for in all those lands there was no memory of it, nor of steel nor of any other metal except gold and copper, although of copper the Admiral had seen only a little. The Admiral told him by signs that the Sovereigns of Castile would order the Caribs destroyed, and would have them all brought with their hands tied. The Admiral ordered a lombard and a musket fired, and seeing the effect their force produced and what they pierced, he was amazed. And when his people heard the shots they all fell to the ground. …