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But the Arawak Indians were there first, and not pleased to see Columbus arrive. They were no match, however, for the superior fire power of crossbows and early muskets. Within a few years, the indigenous population was gone, destroyed by the invading Spanish and the introduction of European diseases for which they had no immunity.