The Great Khan in the Americas: "Caniba" = the Khan's people, and the chiefs who ruled here

SUMMARYThe Great Khan in the Americas: "Caniba" = the Khan's people, and the chiefs who ruled here (Nov 5, 2026). Tito: "Was the Great Khan of the king lineage of later chiefs, kings? Maybe the king that stopped them at the river. This is all just wonders."
RECORD, there was no Great Khan in China in 1492: the Mongol Yuan dynasty, whose ruler was the "Great Khan" of Marco Polo's book, fell in 1368; China was ruled by the Ming in 1492. Columbus still sailed with letters for the "Grand Khan" (P157). So the Khan he named was not the ruler of China at the time.
RECORD, the Khan's people in the Caribbean: in his 1492 journal (as abstracted by Las Casas), Columbus wrote the Caribs' name as "Caniba" or "Canima" and tied them to the realm of the Grand Khan, "Can"; that link likely shaped the Spanish word caníbal, "cannibal" (etymology sources; verify the journal dates, late November to December 1492). The Caribs' own name, karibna, is understood to mean "person" or "strong man."
RECORD, the rulers here: paramount rulers with their own titles governed across the Americas: the Taíno cacique, the Maya ajaw (ahau, "lord"), the Mexica tlatoani, the Inca Sapa Inca, the Natchez "Great Sun," the Powhatan mamanatowick, the Muscogee mico; on the Ohio, confederacy leaders (P220); and Tecumseh, whom Harrison said could found an empire (P224)

PATTERNColumbus named a "Khan" who no longer ruled China, and placed the Khan's people in the Caribbean; the Americas had their own great lords under their own titles.
LENS (WW9), a wonder: the Great Khan was the paramount ruler of the Americas, and the later chiefs and kings, down to the power that held the river line, carried that lineage

OPENColumbus's exact journal wording on "Can" and "Caniba" (Las Casas's abstract, Spanish text); any title among the nations that sounds like or was rendered as "Khan." Needs deep research.