There have been centuries of intermarriage between the Maliseet and European colonists and settlers. Some had identified more with the French colonists than the slaves. Sharp ardently sympathized with the revolt of the American colonists. They then settled 500 of their own colonists on the island. There were also many unions between the largely male Spanish colonists and indigenous women. This was one of the largest massacres of British colonists by Indigenous Australians. They often intermarried with the Mexican colonists. Hundreds of new colonists were aboard the ships. More than 1,000 colonists and 3,000 Indians had died. Faustulus was descended from the first Greek colonists in Latium. Relations between the Indians and colonists deteriorated. Some vineyards have origins dating back to the ancient Greek colonists. Pueblo Indians learned about horses by working for Spanish colonists. The first colonists arrived in 1733. Columbus was eventually forced to make peace with the rebellious colonists on humiliating terms.