The beginning of White-Indian relations began with Columbus" discovery of the "New World." Columbus" marvelous discovery created an open invitation for all nations to come forth and try to take a piece of this "New World," within fifty years, the Spanish had invaded down into Mexico and South America taking advantage of their ruthless conquistadors. This papers intent is to describe a few interactions between the Spanish and the Pueblo people and to further reflect on how these interactions affected the relationship between these two very contrasting civilizations.
The Pueblo people were a large tribe that lived in compact, apartment-like villages of stone or adobe in modern day New Mexico and Arizona. The first Europeans to enter their land were Spanish adventurers motivated by rumors of indigenous cities of fabulous wealth, the so-called Seven Cities of Gold. The fist to go searching was Fray Marcos de Niza who brought back tales of these marvelous cities. After hearing these tales Francisco Vasquez de Coronado journeyed into the land of the Pueblo people. Coronado's journey to locate the fabled cities of gold much resembled the intent of numerous conquistadors before him. Whenever a village refused to provide him with food and blankets, he would attack the town and kill all of the individuals whom lived inside. It was this arrogance and greed that would cause the Pueblo people to come to fear these light skinned conquerors. However, what Coronado encountered, instead of cites of spectacular wealth, were the Pueblo people, living in their apartment-like dwellings. After his attempt and failure to find any gold he returned, to his home base.
However this motion would not be the last that the Pueblo people would see of the Spaniards. Shortly thereafter, Spanish settlers and missionaries would come to occupy the Pueblo's territory. Later, it would be the missionary's efforts to try and convert the Pueblo people away from their traditional methods in order to adopt Christian views.
Christopher Columbus refused to give up. ... Columbus left 40 men there to hunt for gold. ... Columbus reported to Ferdinand and Isabella, who gave him a grand reception, but Columbus's voyages weren't over yet. ... Columbus' fleet weathered the storm. ... At the end of June in 1504, Columbus and the surviving 100-crew members sailed from Jamaica heading back to Spain. ...
Columbus was doubted by his King and his Queen to even survive the trip. ... To begin, Christopher Columbus is and was in his time know to be a great explorer. However when he approached King Ferdinand and Queen Isabela about sailing east for Asia, they were very skeptical as to if he would survive the journey and waste their money. ... But even today there are still people, for example Italian-Americans that believe Columbus deserves every praise that he gets including Columbus Day. On the other hand, there are people of native decent and African-Americas and also people of Caribbean decent w...
The holiday that I am speaking of is Columbus Day. ... Christopher Columbus set sail for the East Indies in the year 1492. ... (Lowen 39) This shows that Columbus did not set off on an easy voyage. ... The strong seem to survive though, that is why we have our country and still celebrate holidays such as Independence Day. ... What we know that Columbus actually did is very limited. ...
While glorifying Columbus and his voyage to the Americas many textbooks and sources leave out any information on other groups that may have preceded Columbus and his discovery. ... This shows that Columbus was mainly driven by a desire for wealth and that he showed no intent to treat the native peoples fairly. When Columbus returned to Spain after is initial voyage he brought with him parrots, gold jewelry, and around 20 Indians of which only 10 survived until landing. ... The resistance was enough to set Columbus to conquer the Arawaks. ... Columbus continued to send off slaves and the se...
"In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue." ... For years, Columbus has been presented to us as a hero. ... It's the rest of Columbus" tale of "discovery". ... Columbus believed he had reached India. ... The Indians taught them how to grow food and use the land to survive. ...
In the Journal of the First Voyage to America by Christopher Columbus, an aspect of his writing that was very interesting is that Columbus is very descriptive in his work. ... Columbus' descriptive observations expressed in his journal clearly shows that he was very interested in the land. ... Columbus still believed that he was in the Indies and his motives for traveling had not changed. ... Columbus' descriptive style of writing is very similar to that Native American description. ... In the Navajo Origin Legend the importance of nature is emphasized because the Native Americans ...
By 1477 Columbus was settled in Lisbon. ... On May 30, 1498, Columbus set sail with six ships. ... Columbus' ships were spared. ... Only two ships survived to make the return journey to Hispaniola. ... In late 1505 Columbus became too ill to travel any more. ...
Many people believe that Christopher Columbus discovered the new world in 1492. ... While Columbus was overseas, he was blown off course and ended up landing in the Bahamas. More specifically, Columbus landed in what is known today as Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 500 years before Columbus, a group of islands that do not belong to the United States. ... When Columbus decided to stay in North America, he began fighting over the land with the Native Americans. ... Not only did Columbus and his men destroy the forest that served as an important factor to the Indians and their survival and poi...
They greeted Columbus and his men with open arms. ... Columbus, knowing of their cynicism, used this to his advantage. ... By doing so Columbus lost his virtue, and became a villain. ... Of those 500, only 300 survived the trip. ... So Columbus became more desperate to fill his ships with gold. ...
