Re: Native accounts of Columbus, Cortes, Pizzaro

Link Shadley (lshadley@ednet1.osl.or.gov)
Sat, 19 Nov 1994 09:12:14 -0800

>Original Sender: Phil Duran <WSUVM1.CSC.WSU.EDU!DURANP>
>The research assignment is based on a poem by Jimmie Durham, a sixth grader
>at the time. I found the poem in the publication "Rethinking Columbus,"
>which is a special edition of Rethinking Schools published (1991) by
>Rethinking Schools, Ltd. in collaboration with the Network of Educators on
>Central America.

Locate diaries of Bartolemu de las CASAS, a churchman who
accompanied Columbus on the second voyage and writes
vividly and condemingly of the spanish invasion. You
will find five works at the University of Oregon, and
probably many others. The original works are at the
Vatican, but have been translated and republished
many times. Be prepared for shock and horror - the
spanish made Freddy look like a lamb. I shed tears
with every reading.

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