Note 14 — Front matter
Reading edition
Columbus says of the Bahamas and Cuba: “toda la lengua es una y todos amigos” (Navarrete, Viages, Tomo I, p. 46.) The natives of Guanahani conversed with those of Haiti “porque todos tenian una lengua,” (ibid, p. 86.) In the Bay of Samana a different dialect but the same language was found (p. 135).