I do not know where I got the Cabot idea- maybe his middle name. Anyway here is a link to his book.

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/Columbus_PeoplesHx.html

Here are some interesting excerpts:

In two years, through
murder, mutilation, or suicide, half of the 250,000 Indians on Haiti were dead.

When he arrived on Hispaniola in 1508, Las Casas says, "there were 60,000 people living on this island, including
the Indians; so that from 1494 to 1508, over three million people had perished from war, slavery, and the mines.

The Indian population of 10 million that lived north of Mexico when Columbus came would ultimately be reduced to
less than a million. Huge numbers of Indians would die from diseases introduced by the whites.

• Those numbers are extremely anecdotal - occupant - March 9, 2002 - 00:00 UTC
  • The references are in the book - yanniru - March 9, 2002 - 17:10 UTC
    • We were talking about Native Americans - quiet - March 9, 2002 - 17:54 UTC
      • Dealing with the truth - yanniru - March 9, 2002 - 20:59 UTC
        • definitions of words -- I use the dictionary - quiet - March 9, 2002 - 21:31 UTC
          • Changed the subject again - yanniru - March 11, 2002 - 22:06 UTC
        • regarding these religious questions about Jesus etc. - quiet - March 9, 2002 - 21:48 UTC
          • I mostly disregard it. - yanniru - March 11, 2002 - 22:12 UTC
    • I will look at the references soon..but first, this message - quiet - March 9, 2002 - 22:33 UTC
      • Are the Soviets asian? - yanniru - March 11, 2002 - 22:19 UTC
        • go away little boy. - quiet - March 12, 2002 - 00:42 UTC
          • Little boy? - harvey1 - March 12, 2002 - 04:36 UTC
            • Ben Bova says.... - quiet - March 12, 2002 - 05:41 UTC
            • So I writes ta Ben Bova and he writes back and says - quiet - March 12, 2002 - 05:53 UTC
              • Let this be exhibit Bl - harvey1 - March 12, 2002 - 12:59 UTC
                • Harv, the anonymous Mike-baiter, strikes again - quiet - March 12, 2002 - 15:39 UTC
                  • I'm not a jerk - harvey1 - March 12, 2002 - 18:03 UTC
                    • I think I need money more than I need "prodding" - quiet - March 12, 2002 - 22:32 UTC
                    • Once upon a time, I agreed with that...it's in a beholder's eye - quiet - March 12, 2002 - 22:52 UTC
                      • Let me explain - harvey1 - March 13, 2002 - 13:11 UTC
                        • Okay, You Explained....I Read It....What a Waste of Opportunity - carefuluniverse - March 13, 2002 - 15:49 UTC
                          • Fine - harvey1 - March 13, 2002 - 17:19 UTC
                            • not so - carefuluniverse - March 13, 2002 - 19:42 UTC
        • which illustrates that you are a PhD, not a little boy - quiet - March 12, 2002 - 01:44 UTC
• Re: 2400-word case for giant pre-Columbus American populations - quiet - March 10, 2002 - 06:09 UTC
  • I am afraid that it is history - yanniru - March 11, 2002 - 22:27 UTC
    • okay, so the Protocols of the elders of Zion - quiet - March 12, 2002 - 00:43 UTC
      • You again avoided the truth with wisecracks - yanniru - March 12, 2002 - 15:38 UTC
      • They were deemed true by"enfranchised" historians at the time.. - quiet - March 12, 2002 - 15:44 UTC
    • What makes you 'afraid' ? Honest research, logic, non-pc Truth - quiet - March 12, 2002 - 05:59 UTC
      • What information - yanniru - March 12, 2002 - 15:44 UTC