A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.

While on a cruise with his family, twelve-year-old Dusty encounters the ghost of an Arawak Indian girl through whom he comes to terms with his fears.

General description of all aspects of Indian life (language, subsistence, art, clothing, etc.) considerably revised from the first edition published in 1961. Now includes chapters on Indian-white relations since 1492 for the main geographic areas. Term Indians includes Eskimo.

Quebrado has been a slave on captain Bernadino de Talavera's pirate ship for years, but when a hurricane sinks the ship and kills most of the crew, Quebrado escapes to safety and finds acceptance and refuge in a nearby village.

This myth explains the origin of the sea, the forest, and the island now called Puerto Rico.