1) Slaves were common, even the Aztec had slaves. He did not rape that girl nor can I confirm he knew his friend would. It sire is an odd thing to boast about.
2) The Casas awakening happened in 1515 during the Cuban Conquest. Columbus was already dead nine years. . On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/14/8-myths-and-atrocities-about-christopher-columbus-and-columbus-day-151653 > > "This is supported by a reported close friend of Columbus, Michele de Cuneo > who wrote the first disturbing account of a relation between himself and a > Native female gift given to him by Columbus. > > *While I was in the boat I captured a very beautiful Carib woman, whom the > said Lord Admiral gave to me, and with whom, having taken her into my > cabin, she being naked according to their custom, I conceived desire to > take pleasure. I wanted to put my desire into execution but she did not > want it and treated me with her finger nails in such a manner that I wished > I had never begun. But seeing that (to tell you the end of it all), I took > a rope and thrashed her well, for which she raised such unheard of screams > that you would not have believed your ears. Finally we came to an agreement > in such manner that I can tell you that she seemed to have been brought up > in a school of harlots.* > > *Bartolome De Las Casas, a former slave owner who became Bishop of Chiapas, > described these exploits. Such inhumanities and barbarisms were committed > in my sight as no age can parallel, he wrote. My eyes have seen these > acts so foreign to human nature that now I tremble as I write. > * > All these accounts, are of course, lies. Right Sam? :-) > Bartolome based his entire life on a lie, or wait...maybe he never existed > and he was a complete fabrication created by the Left? > ;-) > I am just at a complete loss as to how you can deny all written accounts > about what happened in the Caribbean during these times, and the atrocities > committed by the Span > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367831 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
