7 THOUGHTS ON “Columbus/Indigenous-Peoples Days *cackle*”
Yeah, Kamala, Indians had to be taught raping, pillaging, torture and cannibalism.
Or, not.
By the way, Kamala, how large was the Iroquois confederacy again?
And there was also the very moving ceremony where priests cut hearts out of living people, or where they threw virgins into live volcanoes, and then there was the Indian… ahh sorry, my bad….Indigenous Peoples gift that kept on giving – syphilis to Columbus’ crew that infected 1,000,000 people in Western Europe by 1539. It was an extra special gift because it was usually fatal to Europeans within three months, because at that time they had no antibodies against it.
Dick… not to be combative, just puzzled. I was led to believe transmission went the other way? I’d like to follow up.source?
Thanks
Way I understand it…
Europeans brought horses, firearms, and smallpox;
and they returned with yams, tobacco, and the syph
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Yeah, Kamala, Indians had to be taught raping, pillaging, torture and cannibalism.
Or, not.
By the way, Kamala, how large was the Iroquois confederacy again?
And there was also the very moving ceremony where priests cut hearts out of living people, or where they threw virgins into live volcanoes, and then there was the Indian… ahh sorry, my bad….Indigenous Peoples gift that kept on giving – syphilis to Columbus’ crew that infected 1,000,000 people in Western Europe by 1539. It was an extra special gift because it was usually fatal to Europeans within three months, because at that time they had no antibodies against it.
Dick… not to be combative, just puzzled. I was led to believe transmission went the other way? I’d like to follow up.source?
Thanks
Way I understand it…
Europeans brought horses, firearms, and smallpox;
and they returned with yams, tobacco, and the syph
Doug,
Thanks. Got the two confused.
still much debated. here is just one article:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3956094/
Thanks!