I was reading a history book written by Howard Zinn. There was a passage from Colomb's logbook describing the first encounter with the natives(Arwaks). Is the whole logbook out there? Can't seem to find it on google.
The exact journal has not survived but there is a reconstructed version from the excerpts and abstracts done in the 16th century by Bartolome de la Casas and Ferdinand Columbus.
This is one of the translated versions into English (by Markham-Bourne) freely available on line. However this one is possibly one of the least accurate. Here is an analysis dealing with the problematic of various translations and their inaccuracies.