1. Struggle and Survival Part 1 Karee Ann Klein

2. Martin Ocelotl Ocelotl was an indigenous priest Born in Puebla Mexico in 1496 He was considered a religious progidy He predicted the coming of “bearded white menwho would wrest control of the land from the emperor He was sentenced to death, but was released in 1521 before the fall of Tenochtitlan He began practicing as a shaman in Tetzcoco He converted to Roman Catholic He was put on trial during the Spanish Inquistiton He was accused of practicing witchcraft He was found guilty and banishedfrom Mexico They sent him to be imprisoned in Spain His ship disappeared at sea

3. Isabel Moctezuma Isabel was an Aztec princess She was born Techuichpotzin circa 1509 or 1510 in central Mexico Daughter of the ruler Moctezuma II Considered a legitimate heir Her father read in a horoscope that she would have may husbands, which was contrary to the Aztec culture for women Moctezuma II died in 1521 He asked Hernan Cortes to care for his children, including Isabel She was captured by the Aztecs and reunited with her people She was married many times She first married her uncle, Cuitlahuac when she was about 11 He died of smallpox She was then “claimed” as the bride of her cousin, Cuauhtemoc Last Aztec emperor He was killed when the Aztecs fell to the Spaniards She the married Alonso de Grado Member of Cortes’s army Died in 1528 She married Pedro Gallego Died in 1531 Conceived a son Finally married Juan Cano Gave birth to three sons and two daughters She also had a child with Cortes, her father’s murderer She received a rich inheritance, an encomienda She died in 1550

4. Opechancanough Relative of Chief Powhatan and Princess Pocahontas of the Powhatan tribe Born around 1514 in Virginia Trained from boyhood to be a leader of the Powhatans He became chief of the Powhatan Confederacy in 1618 He built up the military along with the help if Nemattanew He decided to annihilate the English Launched an attack and they went to war Came to a peace agreement in 1632 In 1644 Opechancanough launched one final attack on the Englishmen War lasted two years He was killed by an Englishman in 1646

5. Squanto Squanto was part of the Patuxet tribe Lived around present day Massachusetts Bay He was lured by Englishman Thomas Hunt onto a boat, along with 20 other Native Americans Hunt used his connection with John Smith, who had good relations with the Indians He planned on selling the Indians as slaves in Spain He was rescued from the slave trade Lived in London for a while Learned English sldkjfs Squanto returned to his homeland in 1619 Most of his people had died from disease Settled in Plymouth with the Pilgrims, which was his former village Life with the Pilgrims He became a guide, interpreter, and diplomat for the Pilgrims Taught them how to farm the land He was crucial to the survival of the settlement He died in 1622

6. Beatriz de Padilla Beatriz de Padilla was born Lagos, Mexico circa 1620 She was born into slavery Housekeeper and mistress of don Diego de las Marinas Granted freedom and moved to Mexico City Never married, but mothered two sons and two daughters She had many affairs with important men She was arrested in 1650 She was accused of poisoning her secrete lover and the father of her first son, priest Diego Ortiz Saavedra She was also accused of using magic to make the lord mayor of Juchipila go insane A slave, Catalina, confessed to making up the accusations and Padilla was set free She returned to the household of Juchipila