Very confused by this article. I've read that Columbus and his men cut off the hands and legs of natives, burned them alive, sold 9 year old girls as sex slaves, raped them, fed babies to their dogs, and eventually murdered 3 million people in Hispaniola. This supposedly comes from the journals of Columbus himself and his men. Are historians lying? I get wanting an Italian to look up to but I'm sure there are others far more deserving unless everything I've ever read about Columbus has been a lie.