Accounts of the Native American Indian Encounters
... However, when Columbus and his crew arrived rather than finding an array of riches, the crew found an entirely new society—Native American Indians. Columbus’ discovery of the Native American Indians initiated many other encounters between the Native Americans and European explorers of various nationalities. These encounters changed the world and especially, the Native American Indian society forever. ... While Columbus and his crew had an extremely negative view of the Native American Indians, their approach was rather moderate compared to that of the Spanish. When the Spanish encountered the Aztecs, another Native American Indian Tribe, no communication was attempted. ... Most of all, Le June showed great admiration for the native’s minds and hearts. ... After many of these encounters, the Native American Indians were changed as an entire society. ... The Indian seeing the plow teare up more ground in a day, than their Clamme shells could scrape up in a month, desire to see the workemanship of it, and viewing well the coulter and share, perceiving it to be iron, told the plow-man, he was almost Abamocho, almost as cunning as the devil. ... 19) The Native American Indian people had practically disappeared, or at least would be tainted for life, all because the arrival of the Europeans.