The Natives would give him food and drink whenever he came. ... The Sun was responsible for the death of many Natives during their fiesta celebration. They allowed Cortés to return to the city but the Natives quickly tried to fight against him. ... The Native people had been outdone. ... As for Cortés, he returned to Spain in 1528 as a very wealthy man. ...
In 1538 other native groups began following his example and started small uprisings. ... Most of the remaining peoples were divided into encomiendas, a system that left the native people in their villages, but placed them under the control of Spanish settlers. Under the terms of the system the Spanish were to provide the natives with religious instruction and collect tribute for the crown. In return, the Spaniards were entitled to a supposedly limited use of indigenous labor. ... The silver boom peaked in 1584 and economic depression returned shortly after. ...
Let us suppose that the United States was given back to the Natives and everyone was told to go to their most dominant nationality. This is what would happen: the Italian people would return to Italy where they have Italian names and speak the Italian language. The German people would return to Germany where they have German names and speak the German language. The Chinese people would return to China, where they have Chinese names and speak the Chinese language. ... We have no Negroeland or Blackland to return to. ...
To a Native American, his family, village and clan were the most important group. ... The Native American's didn't believe in land ownership, but instead thought of the earth as something that they could "borrow" in order to survive. ... They gave gifts with the expectation that they would get something in return. ... In my opinion, it would have been a much happier assembly of the two worlds if England had arrived first, because they would have been friendlier to the Native Americans and tried to live in peace together. ...
He then returned to Angostura and planned to attack the Spanish on the plains of Carabobo. ... In 1820 Brazil defeated Artigas and he was sent to Paraguay, never to return. ... In 1810 Hidalgo set his attack with Native Americans on his side. ...
