TY - BOOK AU - Yolen,Jane TI - Encounter KW - Fiction KW - Indians of the West Indies KW - Juvenile Fiction KW - Spanish Language Materials KW - Taino Indians KW - Fiction, Science Fiction, General KW - Children's Fiction KW - Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506, Fiction N1 - Work first published in 1989 N2 - When Christopher Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, what he discovered were the Taino Indians. Told from a young Taino boy's point of view, this is a story of how the boy tried to warn his people against welcoming the strangers who seemed more interested in golden ornaments that friendship. (Patricia Langan, Dichiaro's Principal) ER -