How does Columbus view the natives?

Answer 1

He wrote in his diary that he had met the Native people of Hispanolia and thought they would make good slaves. He wasn't sure they were human and was positive they were inferior.

Answer 2

Christopher Columbus had an extremely low view of the natives of the islands he voyaged to. He was documented holding the first friendly tribe he met hostage demanding to know where they got their gold. With the same tribe he made remarks on how they would make good slaves due to their good nature. He held very strong interest in converting them to Christianity offhandedly declaring that they had no religion without examining their culture. In another document he whipped and raped a native woman from another tribe in his own ship after she was offered to him and she refused his advances. And lastly he took advantage of another tribe's lack of scientific knowledge and pretended to predict the lunar eclipse of 1504. He used this to over whelm them with awe taking advantage of their superstitions to keep him and his group feed and looked after while they were stranded.

Answer 3

Columbus writes in his ship log and diary that he considered them to be good candidates for slavery. He doubted for a time if they were human, but he was sure they needed to be converted to the Catholic religion.

Answer 4

Christopher Columbus came to the Americas looking for India. Instead he found the native- americans, at first he thought that they were the Indians

Answer 5

Christopher Columbus might have viewed the people he encountered by asking the people where he was and if it was a shortcut to a continent!!

Answer 6

he acted very cruel to the natives