[Magdalen] Columbus.

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In a message dated 10/18/2017 2:43:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:

white  man's age of exploration"
in general, since they thought they were so damn  superior. This may include
some number of my ancestors, I don't  know.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
 
Don't you suppose this assumed superiority was due in large
measure the paganism of the American Indians?  You have the
situation where that most Roman Catholic of countries, fresh out
of the Inquisition, encounters a civilization that executed prisoners
on stone slabs on the top of pyramids, by tearing out the prisoners'
hearts and tossing them down the steps for all onlookers to see.
They thought the Aztecs were beyond redemption.
 
Ironically, during that same century there is the Guadalupe 
event not far away also in Mexico.  So much for being beyond
redemption.
 
Such as Pizzaro were indeed ruthless in their well executed
invasion, culminating in pushing on into Mexico City.  He was
interested in the treasury of gold, of course, and that was all that
mattered.  Pizzaro inadvertantly gave the Native Americans  horses,
escaped and left behind their conquest.  This acquisition of  horses
was ironically probably the greatest single addition to everyday
Indian life.  What would depictions of Indian chiefs be if they were  not
always mounted horseback?
 
 
 
David S.