What Is The Difference Between Columbus And Native Americans

Columbus noticed that the Native Americans were well formed in their physical features: handsome bodies, good faces, and coarse hair. He also noted that they used body and face paint.
Some would use it only on their eyes, while others would coat their entire body in it. In comparison to Europeans, they had wider faces and foreheads and flatter stomachs. Columbus concluded that "they were a people very poor in everything" because the Native Americans would "go around as naked as their mother bore", something to which the Europeans were not accustom. 2. Columbus assumed that the Indians were friendly during their first encounters because of the various items they had brought with them that the Indians had desired. After describing the
Indian gentleness and kindness, he
explained that they would trade for anything they could get their hands on going as far to sell their gold nose jewelry. The Indians thought highly of
Columbus and respected him. Columbus demonstrates this honor that he and his crew encounter when he discusses his arrival to the Island of Cipango. When their boat arrived, the natives ran to the beach and thanked the gods for their arrival.
The Indians brought them gifts and treated them like gods as if they were a gift from the heavens. The form of communication was mainly the exchange of goods. This was the only thing constant between Columbus and his crew and the tribes they visited.
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3. As far as Columbus could tell, the Indians were under the impression that Columbus and his men had come from the heavens. This was made evident as the Indians would feed and supply water to the crew and would swim out to the ship if Columbus or his people didn't feel like going ashore. This dedication the Native Americans placed on maintaining these foreigners happy was an indication they thought of them as more than just common guests. In addition one man called out to his people to "come see the men who came from the heavens", making it abundantly clear they believed Columbus and his men came from a higher power.
4. When Columbus and his crew first met the Indians, they began to trade goods with each other.
The Indians immediately became hooked with trade, trading for anything on which they could get their hands. In addition, the Indians also thought of Columbus and his men as godly
figures, holding them to a high stature. As such, if one of the Indians was offered to stay on Columbus's boat, they would keep a very detailed journal in order to memorialize and document the moment.
They would probably document all of the new technology that Columbus and his crew had on their ship that they haven't seen before and seemed almost godly compared to their primitive technology. 1. Las Casas respected and offered his sympathy towards the Native American people during a time in which they were being treated poorly and suppressed. His religious devotion and belief in equal rights was exhibited on his voyage back to Rome. On this trip, Las Casas decided to free the slaves. At the time this was a very risky decision and could have ended in punishment or death as he defied the plans given to him from King Ferdinand.
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2. If Bartolome de Las Casa were still alive he would still be focused on helping others, specifically the suppressed and suffering. In our country, one problem that is being highly stressed is racism. As such, I feel that Bartolome would pay a large majority of his attention and energy into trying to resolve it.