Primary Source 4 Analysis

Even though these sources happen in different years, they still have something in common. They described the Indians. The way they lived, how they dressed, their beliefs. Columbus even force Indians to go with him and learn he’s language. In primary source four Bartolome de Las Casas stated “God has created all these numberless people to be quiet the simplest, with malice or duplicity, most obedient, most faithful to their natural lords, and to the Christians, whom they serve..” this emphasizes on how Indians were not immoral people, they didn’t deserve what they lived through. As one reads HIST 4 by Kevin M. Schultz, we learn that not every detail comes in the textbook. In the primary sources we learn plenty more about Indians then in the textbook.
Furthermore I would compare the primary sources with the textbook. In addition I would now describe the differences between primary source and what is presented in the textbook. For instance, in primary source one from the journal Christopher Columbus (1492) stated “encountered a heavier sea” obviously Columbus found a sea which it does not give the in the source but according to HIST4 by Kevin M.
Schultz ”Columbus and his crew sighted land in the present-day Bahamas. As we seen source one it does not give the complete information of where Columbus exactly landed, but it does describe what they saw for example “the crew of the Pinta saw a cane and a log, The crew of the Nina saw other signs of land, and a stalk loaded with rose berries”. This helps us picture how it looked when Columbus arrived to the Bahamas. Equally important is HIST4 stated “ Columbus returned to Spain shortly thereafter, bringing some treasures and, more importantly, tales of the possible riches via the western route”. HIST4 only informs us that Columbus brought information to the Spanish, but it does not elucidate as primary source two does. According to Christopher Columbus, letter to “Luis de Santangel” (1493) “the people of this island, and all of the others that I have found and seen, or not seen, all go naked men and women” here we learned that the Indians were ignorant, they did not know the importance of
clothing. Also “ they are most wondrously timorous” to be specific most of the Indians were afraid extremely shy, as Columbus said “they seemed to think they had the best jewel in the world” understandably they were going to think that because they had never seen that on their life, they were good people who Columbus took advantage of.