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- From: dbernard@clesun.Central.Sun.COM (Dave Bernard)
- Newsgroups: alt.rush-limbaugh
- Subject: Re: Columbus vs Indians (was Re: PC lives)
- Date: 24 Dec 1992 18:38:09 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems
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- References: <nate.988@psygate.psych.indiana.edu>
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- Nathan writes:
-
- >>> Then it would seem that the surviving Indians today arose from
- >>> that 5%. What was the birthrate following the devastation, and
- >>> how quickly did the population figure grow?
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- > Unfortunately those numbers are very difficult to determine. The best
- >surviving records from that time period are the diaries of Spanish
- >missionaries, and they understandably concentrated on their own activities
- >rather than those of the Indians.
-
- Actually, the reports I've read indicate that the missionairies were very
- concerned with the Indians, at least those who converted and were under
- their charge. There are constant reports of their complaints to the king
- regarding ill-treatment of Indians by the civil authorities & armies. Like
- missionaries- medical, spritual, teaching- everywhere, they seem to have taken
- the welfare of their people very seriously.
-
- Dave
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