Europeans first encounter with the Native Americans
October 5, 2009
Europeans first encounter with the Native Americans
When the Europeans first came to this strange land they didn’t actually know what to expect. It was two o’ clock when the land was discovered. Christopher Columbus had discovered it with his crew. The Europeans described that they saw naked people and they saw really green trees many streams and different kinds of fruits. I would assume that the Native Americans were either nervous or scared because of these tall white men with swords and a big thing that they never seen before called a ship. The Native Americans were fascinated by the Europeans swords and the way that they were dressed.
The Europeans said they looked like poor people they were completely naked and they painted their bodies different colors some painted their faces some painted only their torsos etc. the Europeans were surprised because they had no weapons and they had never seen any either because the Europeans had swords and the Natives grabbed them by the blade out of ignorance. Christopher Columbus was ready to make them become Christians. The Native Americans probably didn’t know how to react because these tall white men from a different land just came to their land and is about to change their whole way of living, their culture, their language and their whole continent. Christopher Columbus also said in his journal that “it appears to me that the people are igneous, and would be good servants and I am of opinion that they would very readily become Christians, as they appear to have no religion. They very quickly learn such words as are spoken to them. If it please our lord, I intend at my return to carry home six of them to your highness, that they may our language. I saw no beasts in the island, nor any sort of animals except parrots”.
