Originally inhabited by the Taino people, this location was the first stop for Hernan Cortes in the New World, and the nearby Bahamas were depopulated from 1493 to 1508 as 40,000 natives were migrated to this island to work its mines.
This location was known to its original inhabitants as Quizqueya, and one conflict here ended with a local chief named Caonabo burning a colonial settlement. That attack eventually led to repressive measures by this location's governor, Nicolas Ovando, who tricked and killed most of its native chiefs. After independence, this location was home to a separatist movement called La Trinitaria, which was led by Juan Pablo Duarte. Originally inhabited by the Taino people, this location was the first stop for Hernan Cortes in the New World, and the nearby Bahamas were depopulated from 1493 to 1508 as 40,000 natives were migrated to this island to work its mines. For ten points, identify this island in the Greater Antilles which saw the first interaction between Old and New Worlds when Columbus landed there in 1492, and which today is divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
This location was known to its original inhabitants as Quizqueya, and one conflict here ended with a local chief named Caonabo burning a colonial settlement.
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