Arawak

In 1492, Christopher Columbus did what no other explorer dared attempt, sail west on the Atlantic in order to reach the rich lands of Asia. A radical idea if proven true would reserve his name in the history books. Columbus succeeded in leaving his mark on history, but not for the reason he expected. As time passes and attitudes change, history is constantly being rewritten. Modern historians have deeply analyzed Columbus 's hold on history and have come to the conclusion, that he was not in…

coming the New World. When Columbus and his crew reached Cuba, Columbus thought it was Asia and spoke extravagantly about it. After many expeditions, they couldn’t find the gold. They brought slaves back to Spain, although, many died in captivity. The Arawaks also died off as time went by due to mutilation, murder and diseases. Columbus had to pay back his voyages, so his plan was to fill his ships with gold and spread christianity throughout America. During this time, Spaniards treated the…

1492: The Beginning of the End All throughout our childhood we have been taught the phrase, ‘in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue,’ but what we were not taught were the gruesome details that followed him reaching America. We are taught to idolize Christopher Columbus, after all, he is the man who founded our country- we even have an entire day commemorating him and his prestigious findings. But, the naive walls of a fourth grade classroom block out the true story of what happened once…

anything to get it even if it was to massacre thousands of people. He mistreated many native people, he encouraged slavery and he brought diseases over to the New World. In 1495, Christopher Columbus and his people had originally been welcomed by the Arawak Indians (Taino) who were the indigenous…

As Howard Zinn informed his readers of a quote from Columbus in his book A People’s History of the United States, “The Arawak men and women traded everything they owned for beads and bells. They would make fine servants.” The Arawak welcomed the strangers, then were stripped of their freedoms. They were raped, their bodies were mutilated, they were murdered, punished for their beliefs, sold like property, families were split…

The Arawak used a special word Guanahani. In one of the Arawakan languages, Guanahani means encircling city. Scientist also found anchor stones with rope holes in the blocks. The rope holes show that it was helping the wall stay in place. Scientist also found…

Violent staccatos of the billowing and noxious thumps of an abrasive whip, accompanied by the piercing wails of the inhabitants of a village yearning for absolution constitute the majority of life for Native Americans dealing with Spanish rule in the America’s. Dating back to 1492, when King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella trounced over the last Muslim stronghold within the Iberian Peninsula, Christopher Columbus embarked on a journey to look for the Indies with three ships. However, mistakenly,…

and the strong will of its inhabitants. It is the third largest Caribbean island and was originally inhabited by Arawak Indians. The island later became known to the Europeans or the” new world” by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in May 1494. The Spanish settled in Jamaica in 1509 however, they were overthrown and the island was conquered by the English in 1655. The Arawak Indians were…

The island of Hispaniola, of which the Dominican Republic forms the eastern half was initially inhabited by Arawak natives from the Orinoco delta region of South America before the Spanish arrived in 1492 as part of Columbus’s first expedition to the Americas. In the ensuing conquest the native people of the island were all but destroyed by war and disease and in 1510 the Spanish began importing slaves from Africa to deal with the growing labour shortage in the country’s increasingly important…

not the cold-hearted figure that his critics created him out to be, his supporters claimed. He, in fact, had great admiration for the Arawak, remarking on their generosity and high intelligence and calling them “the handsomest men and most beautiful woman” and “the best people in the world, and the gentlest.” Writing in his journal on his first encounter with the Arawak, Columbus expressed hope “that we might form a great friendship, for I knew that they were a people who could be more easily…