1. United States History Topic 01: In the Beginning… Mr. Michael Meechin Celebration High School Social Science Dept.

13. Reality of the Brutality [ Topic 01: In the Beginning… ] The Spanish, “after a while refused to walk any distance. They rode the backs of the Indians as if they were in a hurry or were carried in hammocks by Indians running relays. In this case they also had Indians carry large leaves to shade them from the sun and others to fan them with goose wings.” “ The Spaniards thought nothing of knifing Indians by tens and twenties and cutting slices of them to test the sharpness of their blades. Two of these so-called Christians met two Indian boys one day, each carrying a parrot, they took the parrots, and for fun beheaded the boys.”

16. Reality of the Brutality [ Topic 01: In the Beginning… ] Account of Spanish massacre of the Aztecs… "Having bided their time, having waited for an opportune moment, the Spaniards came forth to slay us.... They first struck a drummer; they severed both his hands and cut off his head, which fell to the ground some distance away.... They hacked at the shoulders of others, splitting their bodies open; or at their shanks, or at their thighs, or at their abdomens, breaking out their entrails, which dragged as they tried to run.... Some of us, playing dead, crawled in among the bodies of the slain and escaped, unless the Spaniards saw one breathe and stabbed him. The blood of the young warriors ran like water; it gathered in pools. A foul stench arose from and spread about the carnage."