Columbus writes in his journal that he thought they would make great slaves so this shows an attitude on his part. He also cut off hands of natives when they failed to bring him the amount of gold he wanted. If I had been in their place I would have done the same thing they could see that Columbus wasn't a friend.
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They became fearful and ran away.
they became fearful and ran away
He left 39 men, but they were killed by the natives.
The natives Columbus encountered in Hispaniola were the Taíno people.
Columbus sailed with 90 men on his first voyage. 26 on the Pinta 24 on the Nina and 40 on the Santa Maria Santa Maria ran aground and sank and Columbus had to leave 39 men behind in the Caribean for his return journey. These men were all killed by the natives before Columbus returned on his second voyage. Columbus took about 20 natives as slaves, only 7 of which survived the crossing to spain.
they became fearful and ran away
he enslaved or killed them
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He brought across foreign diseases which killed off the native Americans. These diseases spread across the country via the natives, quicker than Columbus and his men were travelling. Therefore they even came across settlements where all the natives were already dead.
Columbus reached the Americas only to find that some of the natives inhabiting it practiced cannibalism. They were savage people who could not be reasoned with and there was no way Columbus could have explained his visions and plans to them so he had to order his men to finish off most of them.
Christopher Columbus named the Natives of America Indians. Christopher Columbus gave this name because he thought he was near the Indian Ocean and the people were Indians.