I Could Conquer The Whole Of Them With Fifty Men Day

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I Could Conquer The Whole Of Them With Fifty Men Day.

I Could Conquer The Whole Of Them With Fifty Men Day was an American holiday which briefly replaced Columbus Day, before both were permanently retired.

Columbus

... I do not, however, see the necessity of fortifying the place, as the people here are simple in war-like matters, as your Highnesses will see by those seven which I have ordered to be taken and carried to Spain in order to learn our language and return, unless your Highnesses should choose to have them all transported to Castile, or held captive in the island. I could conquer the whole of them with fifty men, and govern them as I pleased ...

—Columbus (Sunday, 14 October 1492)

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