Monday , 12 November 1492<\/p>\n
\u2026that these people have no creed and they are not idolaters , but they are very gentle and do not know
\nwhat it is to be wicked , or to kill others , or to steal , and are unwarlike and so timorous that a hundred of
\nthem would run from one of our people , although they jest with them , and they are credulous and knowing
\nthat there is a God in the sky , they are assured that we have come from the sky , and they are very ready to
\nrepeat any prayer we say to them and they make the sign of the cross. So your highnesses should resolve
\nto make them Christians , for I believe that , if you begin in a little while you will achieve the conversion to our
\nholy faith of a great number of peoples , with the acquisition of great lordships and riches and all their
\ninhabitants for Spain. For without a doubt there is in these lands a very great amount of gold.<\/p>\n
Monday, 12 November 1492<\/p>\n
\u2026It was so that yesterday there came to the side of the ship a boat with six boys, and five came on board the
\nship; I ordered them to be kept and I bring them with me. And afterwards I sent to a house which is near the
\nriver to the west, and they brought seven head of women, small and large, and three boys. I did this, in
\norder that the men might conduct themselves better in Spain, having women of their own land, than if they
\nhad not, because already it has many times been my business to bring men from Guinea,\u2026So that, having
\ntheir women, they will be willing to do that which is laid upon them\u2026This night there came to the side in a
\nboat the husband of one of these women and the father of three children, one male and two female, and
\nasked that I would allow him to come with them and implored me greatly, and they are now all consoled, so
\nthat they must all be related. And he is a man of already forty-five years.<\/p>\n
Sunday , 14 October 1492<\/p>\n
\u2026 , as your highnesses will see from the seven whom I caused to be taken in order to carry them off that
\nthey may learn our language and return. However , when your highnesses so command , they can all be
\ncarried off to Castile or held captive in the island itself , since with fifty men they would be all kept in
\nsubjection and forced to do whatever may be wished.<\/p>\n
Letter of Columbus , Describing the results of his first voyage<\/p>\n
In another island , which they assure me is larger than Espanola , the people have no hair. In it there is gold
\nincalculable , and from it and from the other islands I bring with me Indians as evidence. In conclusion , to
\nspeak only of that which has been accomplished on this voyage , which was so hasty , their highnesses can
\nsee that I will give them as much gold as they need , if their highnesses will render me very slight
\nassistance\u2026.and slaves , as many as they shall order to be shipped and who will be from the idolaters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1334,"parent":0,"menu_order":23,"template":"","yoast_head":"\n