 They should be good servants and of quick intelligence, since I see that they very soon say all that is said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians, for it appeared to me that they had no creed.  The History of North America - Page 102edited by - 1903Full view - About this book
 | George Kish - 1978 - 482 pages
...should be good servants and of quick intelligence, since I see that they very soon say all that is said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians, for it appeared to me that they had no creed. Our Lord willing, at the time of my departure I will... | |
 | James Stuart Olson, Raymond Wilson - 1984 - 258 pages
...should be good servants and of quick intelligence, since I see that they very soon say all that is said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians, for it appeared to me that they had no creed.* Thus blinded by severe ethnocentrism, Columbus and most... | |
 | Bryce Conrad - 1990 - 196 pages
...trimming statements such as, "It appeared to me to be a race of people very poor in everything," and, "They should be good servants and intelligent, for...Christians, as it appeared to me that they had no religion," Journal of the First Voyage, 111. 48. Williams plays on the Genoan's name. Christophoro literally means... | |
 | Christine E. Sleeter - 1991 - 356 pages
...girl... They should be good servants and quick to learn, since I see that they very soon say all that is said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians, for it appeared to me that they had no religious beliefs. Our Lord willing, at the time of my departure,... | |
 | J. Daniel Rogers, Samual M. Wilson - 1993 - 260 pages
...1492, the day of his landfall in the New World, Columbus became the first spokesman for this position: They should be good servants and intelligent, for...Christians, as it appeared to me that they had no religion, (Columbus 1893:38) A metaphor for the view of Native Americans as passive recipients of European culture... | |
 | S. N. Balagangadhara - 1994 - 586 pages
...be good servants and very intelligent, for I have observed that they soon repeat everything that is said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians, for they appear to me to have no religion" And in a letter he wrote shordy after his journal entry,... | |
 | Scott Christianson - 1998 - 422 pages
...anything that they possess, and show as much love as if their hearts went into it."4 He was quick to add, "They should be good servants and intelligent, for...observed that they quickly took in what was said to them."5 He took six of them as prisoners and resumed his journey.6 Columbus made it back to Spain with... | |
 | S. Brent Plate, David Jasper - 1999 - 248 pages
...should be good servants and very intelligent, for I have observed that they soon repeat anything that is said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians, for they appear to me to have no religion. God willing, when I make my departure I will bring half... | |
 | Calvin Martin - 1999 - 260 pages
...should be good servants and of quick intelligence, since I see that they very soon say all that is said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians, for it appeared to me that they had no creed. Our Lord willing, at the time of my departure I will... | |
 | David W. Kidner - 2001 - 392 pages
...Should be good servants and very intelligent, for I have observed that they soon repeat anything that is said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians, for they appear to me to have no religion. Two days later he wrote: These people are very unskilled... | |
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