The Encounter of Europe and the New World (Volume C)

The Encounter of Europe and the New World (Volume C)

Indigenous Populations“I will simply say that the manner of living among the people is very similar to that of Spain, and considering that this is a barbarous nation shut off from a knowledge of the true God or communication of the enlightened nations, one may well marvel at the orderliness and good government which is everywhere maintained” (p. 555). Cortés, The Second Letter

Popol Vuh

• Mayan creation myth• Spanish Conquest• Quiché language• Heart of Sky, tripartite

god, creation through speech

• nance tree• competition, sport

Popol Vuh (continued)

• “council book” • agriculture, etiological

myth• Seven Macaw• Split Place• Xmucane• “Prayer for Future

Generations”

Huarochirí Manuscript

Huarochirí Manuscript (continued)

Christopher Columbus

• navigations• tabula rasa• natives’ reaction• “they are the most

timorous creatures there are in the world, so that the men who remain there are alone sufficient to destroy all that land” (p. 545).

Pero Vaz de Caminha (ca. 1468–1520)

“Although he reassured and flattered them…they soon became skittish like wild animals and went away upstream” (p. 548).

Hernán Cortés (1485é1547)

“Considering that this is a barbarous nation shut off from a knowledge of the true God or communication with enlightened nations, one may well marvel at the orderliness and good government which is everywhere maintained” (p. 556).

Florentine Codex

Bartolomé de las Casas (1484–1566)

Jean de Léry (1534–1613)

“Not only would a savage die of shame if he saw his neighbor lacking what he has in his power to give, but also, as I have experienced it, they practice the same liberality toward foreigners who are their allies” (p. 575).

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539–1616)

“I write only of the empire of the Incas, and do not deal with other monarchies, about which I can claim no similar knowledge…for my purpose is not to gainsay [Spanish historians], but to furnish a commentary and gloss” (p. 577).

Guaman Poma de Ayala (1535–ca. 1616)

“Twenty years from now, there will be no Indians in this kingdom to serve your royal crown and defend our holy Catholic faith. Without these Indians, Your Majesty is worth nothing…” (p. 587).

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