the new Spanish viceroy, a crusading knight called Nicolás de Ovando took uncompromising measures against the local people known as the Taíno, who were now chafing against the Spanish presence. Ovando had brought hundreds of troops with him to the islands, and set them loose on the unfortunate Taíno. Some were massacred. Their queen, Anacaona, was hanged in public. Many more were taken prisoner, and in dealing with them, Ovando followed old crusader logic: unbelievers captured in war were fair game to be enslaved.
