Read the extract below and answer the questions that follows:
they are all, as I said before, unprovided with any sort of iron, and they are destitute of arms, which are entirely unknown to them, and for which they are not adapted; not on an account of any bodily deformity, for they are well made, but because they are timid in full of terror. they carry, however, canes dried and sun in place of weapons, upon whose roots they fix a wooded shaft, dried and sharpened to a point. but they never dare to make use of the semicolon for it as often happened, when I have sent two or three of my men to some of their villages to speak with the inhabitants, that a crowd of Indians had sallied forth; but when they saw our men approaching, they speedily took flight, parents abandoning children, and children their parents. This happened not because any loss or injury had been inflicted upon any of them. on the contrary I gave whatever I had, cloth and many other things, to whomsoever I approached, or with whom I could get speech, without any return being made to me; but they are by nature fearful and timid. but when they see that they are safe, and all is banished, they are very guileless and honest, and very liberal of all they have.no one refuses to ask her anything that he possesses; on the contrary they themselves invite us to ask for it. they manifest the greatest affection towards all of us, exchanging valuable things to trifles, content with the very least thing or nothing at all.
taken from the journal of Christopher Columbus (admiral of the Queen fleet Lisbon, March 14th 1493)

which one of the following descriptions holds most true about howthe Columbus view the native Americans he encountered?

A. fearless and meeting strangers
B. sharp business acumen
C. manipulative and shrewd traders
D. honest and generous