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From: robertfoss@na800.net
TWL: Cruising aboard Nostrum Again: Marsh Harbor to Eleuthera, to the Exumas, South to George Town
Wed, Feb 21, 2001 12:32 PM
It's estimated there were 50
thousand Lucayans
living here in 600 AD). The Spanish promptly enslaved them, forcing their
move to other colonies (Cuba, Haiti, etc) and within perhaps 30 years the
Lucayan people ceased to exist.
Several Lucayan words did survive, though. Barbacoa became Bar-b-que, while
canoa became canoe, among others.