tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562807729194751408.post81561147176961780..comments2022-10-28T05:05:50.375-04:00Comments on Adventures of a Petite Female: Columbus Day Actually Sucks A Little BitAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15046380143638667492noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562807729194751408.post-23085900787986912472011-10-13T03:48:24.508-04:002011-10-13T03:48:24.508-04:00You make a lot of great points, April. :)
I saw t...You make a lot of great points, April. :)<br /><br />I saw this picture on Wikipedia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Eclipse_Chistophe_Colomb.jpg<br /><br />The subtitle is "Columbus intimidates natives by predicting lunar eclipse."<br /><br />I recently read a story in Spanish. The missionary is fearful that the natives, who have captured him, are going to kill him. He successfully predicts the lunar eclipse and believes this will save him. Then they eat him. :pJulianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12853527946370883242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562807729194751408.post-58252833331865774422011-10-12T17:11:39.896-04:002011-10-12T17:11:39.896-04:00This is an interesting point of view. And I totall...This is an interesting point of view. And I totally get it.<br />There's two sides to each story, I guess.my day in a sentencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00408036574731933741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562807729194751408.post-57548399948916491702011-10-10T12:19:55.195-04:002011-10-10T12:19:55.195-04:00And I'm a mestizo. Meaning I have european, na...And I'm a mestizo. Meaning I have european, native, and african blood. I've always embraced the native part. Glad to see you do too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4562807729194751408.post-25127527208503575122011-10-10T12:16:20.204-04:002011-10-10T12:16:20.204-04:00I actually own that book. Read it freshman year in...I actually own that book. Read it freshman year in high school, great starting point to getting to know history, I was never the one to believe my history teachers. In venezuela Hugo Chavez changed it to "dia de la resistencia indegina" or "indigenous resistance day" in english.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com