Question

How did Columbus hurt his relationship with the American Indians of Hispaniola during his first voyage to the Americas?

Answer 1

Columbus hurt his relationship with the American Indians of Hispaniola during his first voyage to the Americas

• Columbus and his crew brutally and violently forced numerous local residents of the West Indies into slavery during a time when the global slave trade was beginning to flourish. On his illustrious first voyage, Columbus arrived in the Caribbean after a gruelling three-month expedition.
• He transported a few of them back to Spain. How did CC respond when, on his second journey, he discovered that his men had been murdered by American Indians? He made American Indians go in search of gold.
• Native Americans were made into slaves by Columbus, who also slaughtered enormous numbers of them and spread disease that also had an effect on their populations. Columbus turned elsewhere for work as the native populations shrank.
• Before sailing back to Spain, Columbus spent over five months exploring the Caribbean, paying particular attention to the islands of Juana (Cuba) and Hispaniola (Santo Domingo). He despatched 39 soldiers to establish La Navidad, a hamlet that is still standing in modern-day Haiti. Additionally, he abducted between ten and twenty-five Native Americans for return to Spain; just eight of them made it out alive. In addition to native birds and plants, Columbus brought back a little piece of gold to demonstrate the wealth of the continent he thought to be Asia.
• On March 15, 1493, Columbus returned to Spain and promptly wrote a letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, who had helped pay for his journey, informing them of his findings. The message was sent to Rome in Spanish and printed there in Latin.

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