Note 288-2 — LETTER OF DR. CHANCA ON THE SECOND VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS

Tayno was also the tribal name of these people, who differentiated themselves from the Caribs. Peter Martyr reports the assertions of the followers of Guacamari that they were Taynos not Caribs: “Se Tainos, id est, nobiles esse, non Canibales, inclamitant.” De Rebus Oceanicis, Dec. I., lib. II., p. 25. (Cologne ed. of 1574.)