Use the following excerpt from christopher columbus's journal for october 1, 1492, the day he first landed in america, to answer the question: "as i saw that they were very friendly to us, and perceived that they could be much more easily converted to our holy faith by gentle means than by force, i presented them with some red caps, and strings of beads to wear upon the neck, and many other trifles of small value, wherewith they were much " christopher columbus's journal, october 1, 1492 what inference about columbus does the excerpt support?