By the time the explorer Bernal Dìaz del Castillo had his encounter with the natives it was not a very pleasant encounter because when he did his exploration the natives were “beginning to die off in large number because of disease and harsh treatment.” (Castillo, 18) The remaining natives became allies with the Spaniards. If the natives were not allies with Spaniards, then they were considered spies. If the natives were considered spies, then they were tortured by having body parts cut off. The reason each explorer has encounters with the natives that are different than the previous is because of the time frame each of the explorers set out to explore the new world. When all three explorers set out to explore the new world it was at a different time in history.
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Columbus wanted to explore the new world because he believed that an expedition across the Atlantic was a shorter route to Asia, but in the end it was not a shorter route and he never did reach Asia. He did end up discovering two continents that were unknown to the Europeans. During Columbus’s expedition religion was present and known, in fact Columbus had made the statement “that it was by the grace of God that he discovered three and thirty-three leagues of Tierra Firm and seven hundred islands.” (Columbus, 7) During Las Casas’s time of exploration he encountered the depopulation of the new world because the Europeans had come in and taken over. In the beginning the Indians saw the Spaniards as angels, but their opinion of the Spaniards was soon to change as countless cruel acts of violence was brought upon them. The Spaniards took advantage of the Indians taking more than they were given. After this started to happen the Indians were trying to find ways to have the Spaniards thrown out of their lands, but nothing they were doing had seemed to be
Columbus wanted to explore the new world because he believed that an expedition across the Atlantic was a shorter route to Asia, but in the end it was not a shorter route and he never did reach Asia. He did end up discovering two continents that were unknown to the Europeans. During Columbus’s expedition religion was present and known, in fact Columbus had made the statement “that it was by the grace of God that he discovered three and thirty-three leagues of Tierra Firm and seven hundred islands.” (Columbus, 7) During Las Casas’s time of exploration he encountered the depopulation of the new world because the Europeans had come in and taken over. In the beginning the Indians saw the Spaniards as angels, but their opinion of the Spaniards was soon to change as countless cruel acts of violence was brought upon them. The Spaniards took advantage of the Indians taking more than they were given. After this started to happen the Indians were trying to find ways to have the Spaniards thrown out of their lands, but nothing they were doing had seemed to be