The Hitler of the New World
Since he was sailing under Spain he was known as Cristobal Colon, and by the time the story was printed in English his name had been Anglicized as Christopher Columbus. The history books portray the European exploiter as some sort of hero when in actuality he is to the Indigenous people of the Western-hemisphere what Adolf Hitler is to the Caucasian so-called Jews, magnified 100 times.
While some estimates claim that approximately 6 million so-called Jews were killed during WWII, over 100 million Indigenous individuals and 100s of millions of Israelites were slaughtered during the Negro/Native American holocaust.
Though Columbus was not the first European explorer to reach the Americas (having been preceded by the Norse expedition led by Leif Ericson in the 11th century), Columbus's voyages led to the first lasting European contact with the Americas, inaugurating a period of European exploration, conquest, and colonization that lasted for several centuries. They had, therefore, an enormous impact in the historical development of the modern Western world. Columbus himself saw his accomplishments primarily in the light of the spreading of the Christian religion.
Columbus was born before 31 October 1451 in Genoa, part of modern Italy. Throughout his life, Columbus also showed a keen interest in the Bible and in Biblical prophecies, and would often quote biblical texts in his letters and logs. For example, part of the argument that he submitted to the Spanish Catholic Monarchs when he sought their support for his proposed expedition to reach the Indies by sailing west was based on his reading of the Second Book of Esdras 13:1-50
He was of the Catholic faith, although some claim a Jewish background on one side of his family ( possibly his father). He expressed his faith in his choice of a Franciscan friar's robes for an appearance before the Spanish Court, in leaving his son at the Franciscan monastery of la Rábida between 1481 and 1491, and in his eschatological Libro de las profecías, an array of prophetic texts, commentaries by ancient and medieval authors, Spanish poetry, and Columbus's own commentaries.
He is said to have gone to sea at age 14. On the Atlantic coast to the north he made at least one voyage to England and possibly one to Iceland, while to the south he sailed as far as the Gold Coast of Africa. He is reputed to have been involved in a naval engagement between Franco-Portuguese and Genoese fleets in 1476. He made four voyages to the New World. Until recently, anything about Columbus character, except his skills as a mariner, was open to criticism. Recently, revisionist historians are unwilling to grant even that. Kirkpatrick Sale claims that Columbus never commanded anything larger than a rowboat prior to the first transatlantic crossing. Yet it remains a fact that he succeeded in crossing the Atlantic Ocean and, more important, he returned safely. It was Columbus's voyage that set the stage for European expansion.
Columbus
must have saw himself as the man in the vision in the book of Esdras
chapter 13 and the so-called Indians as the people he would conquer and
be a Savior too. Christianity has meant many things to many men, and its
role in the European conquest and occupation of America was varied.
But in 1492 to Columbus there was probably nothing very complicated
about it. He would have reduced it to a matter of corrupt human beings,
destined for eternal damnation, redeemed by a merciful savior. Christ
saved those who believed in him, and it was the duty of Christians to
spread his gospel and thus rescue the heathens from the fate that would
otherwise await them.
When he set out, he carried with him a commission from the king and queen of Spain, empowering him "to discover and acquire certain islands and mainland in the ocean sea" and to be "Admiral and Viceroy and Governor therein." If the king and Columbus expected to assume dominion over any of the Indies or other lands en route, they must have had some ideas, not only about the Indies but also about themselves, to warrant the expectation. They had two things: they had Christianity and they had civilization.
Columbus sailed from Palos de la Frontera on Friday, August 3, 1492, reached the Canary Islands six days later and stayed there for a month to finish outfitting his ships. He left on September 6, and five weeks later, in about the place he expected, he found the Indies. What else could it be but the Indies? There on the shore were the naked people. With hawk's bells and beads he made their acquaintance and found some of them wearing gold nose plugs. It all added up. He had found the Indies. And not only that. He had found a land over which he would have no difficulty in establishing Spanish dominion, for the people showed him an immediate veneration. He had been there only two days, coasting along the shores of the islands, when he was able to hear the natives crying in loud voices, "Come and see the men who have come from heaven; bring them food and drink." If Columbus thought he was able to translate the language in two days' time, it is not surprising that what he heard in it was what he wanted to hear or that what he saw was what he wanted to see—namely, the Indies, filled with people eager to submit to their new admiral and viceroy.
When he set out, he carried with him a commission from the king and queen of Spain, empowering him "to discover and acquire certain islands and mainland in the ocean sea" and to be "Admiral and Viceroy and Governor therein." If the king and Columbus expected to assume dominion over any of the Indies or other lands en route, they must have had some ideas, not only about the Indies but also about themselves, to warrant the expectation. They had two things: they had Christianity and they had civilization.
Columbus sailed from Palos de la Frontera on Friday, August 3, 1492, reached the Canary Islands six days later and stayed there for a month to finish outfitting his ships. He left on September 6, and five weeks later, in about the place he expected, he found the Indies. What else could it be but the Indies? There on the shore were the naked people. With hawk's bells and beads he made their acquaintance and found some of them wearing gold nose plugs. It all added up. He had found the Indies. And not only that. He had found a land over which he would have no difficulty in establishing Spanish dominion, for the people showed him an immediate veneration. He had been there only two days, coasting along the shores of the islands, when he was able to hear the natives crying in loud voices, "Come and see the men who have come from heaven; bring them food and drink." If Columbus thought he was able to translate the language in two days' time, it is not surprising that what he heard in it was what he wanted to hear or that what he saw was what he wanted to see—namely, the Indies, filled with people eager to submit to their new admiral and viceroy.
Arawak Indians
Columbus
made four voyages to America, during which he explored an
astonishingly large area of the Caribbean and a part of the northern
coast of South America. At every island the first thing he inquired
about was gold, taking heart from every trace of it he found. And at
Haiti he found enough to convince him that this was Ophir, the country
to which Solomon and Jehosophat had sent for gold and silver. Since its
lush vegetation reminded him of Castile, he renamed it Española, the
Spanish island, which was later Latinized as Hispaniola.
Española appealed to Columbus from his first glimpse of it. From aboard ship it was possible to make out rich fields waving with grass. There were good harbors, lovely sand beaches and fruit-laden trees. The people were shy and fled whenever the caravels approached the shore, but Columbus gave orders "that they should take some, treat them well and make them lose their fear, that some gain might be made, since, considering the beauty of the land, it could not be but that there was gain to be got." And indeed there was. Although the amount of gold worn by the natives was even less than the amount of clothing, it gradually became apparent that there was gold to be had. One man possessed some that had been pounded into gold leaf. Another appeared with a gold belt. Some produced nuggets for the admiral. Española accordingly became the first European colony in America. Although Columbus had formally taken possession of every island he found, the act was mere ritual until he reached Española. Here he began the European occupation of the New World, and here his European ideas and attitudes began their transformation of land and people.
The Arawak Indians of Española were the handsomest people that Columbus had encountered in the New World and so attractive in character that he found it hard to praise them enough. "They are the best people in the world," he said, "and beyond all the mildest." They cultivated a bit of cassava for bread and made a bit of cotton-like cloth from the fibers of the gossampine tree. But they spent most of the day like children idling away their time from morning to night, seemingly without a care in the world. Once they saw that Columbus meant them no harm, they outdid one another in bringing him anything he wanted. It was impossible to believe, he reported, "that anyone has seen a people with such kind hearts and so ready to give the Christians all that they possess, and when the Christians arrive, they run at once to bring them everything."
To Columbus the Arawaks seemed like relics of the golden age. On the basis of what he told Peter Martyr, who recorded his voyages, Martyr wrote, "they seem to live in that golden world of the which olde writers speak so much, wherein men lived simply and innocently without enforcement of laws, without quarreling, judges and libels, content only to satisfy nature, without further vexation for knowledge of things to come."
The process of civilizing the Arawaks got underway in earnest after the Santa Maria ran aground on Christmas Day, 1492, off Caracol Bay. The local leader in that part of Española, Guacanagari, rushed to the scene and with his people helped the Spaniards to salvage everything aboard. Once again Columbus was overjoyed with the remarkable natives. They are, he wrote, "so full of love and without greed, and suitable
Española appealed to Columbus from his first glimpse of it. From aboard ship it was possible to make out rich fields waving with grass. There were good harbors, lovely sand beaches and fruit-laden trees. The people were shy and fled whenever the caravels approached the shore, but Columbus gave orders "that they should take some, treat them well and make them lose their fear, that some gain might be made, since, considering the beauty of the land, it could not be but that there was gain to be got." And indeed there was. Although the amount of gold worn by the natives was even less than the amount of clothing, it gradually became apparent that there was gold to be had. One man possessed some that had been pounded into gold leaf. Another appeared with a gold belt. Some produced nuggets for the admiral. Española accordingly became the first European colony in America. Although Columbus had formally taken possession of every island he found, the act was mere ritual until he reached Española. Here he began the European occupation of the New World, and here his European ideas and attitudes began their transformation of land and people.
The Arawak Indians of Española were the handsomest people that Columbus had encountered in the New World and so attractive in character that he found it hard to praise them enough. "They are the best people in the world," he said, "and beyond all the mildest." They cultivated a bit of cassava for bread and made a bit of cotton-like cloth from the fibers of the gossampine tree. But they spent most of the day like children idling away their time from morning to night, seemingly without a care in the world. Once they saw that Columbus meant them no harm, they outdid one another in bringing him anything he wanted. It was impossible to believe, he reported, "that anyone has seen a people with such kind hearts and so ready to give the Christians all that they possess, and when the Christians arrive, they run at once to bring them everything."
To Columbus the Arawaks seemed like relics of the golden age. On the basis of what he told Peter Martyr, who recorded his voyages, Martyr wrote, "they seem to live in that golden world of the which olde writers speak so much, wherein men lived simply and innocently without enforcement of laws, without quarreling, judges and libels, content only to satisfy nature, without further vexation for knowledge of things to come."
The process of civilizing the Arawaks got underway in earnest after the Santa Maria ran aground on Christmas Day, 1492, off Caracol Bay. The local leader in that part of Española, Guacanagari, rushed to the scene and with his people helped the Spaniards to salvage everything aboard. Once again Columbus was overjoyed with the remarkable natives. They are, he wrote, "so full of love and without greed, and suitable
for every purpose,
that I assure your Highness's that I believe
there is no better land in the world, and they are always smiling."
While the salvage operations were going on, canoes full of Arawaks from
other parts of the island came in bearing gold. Guacanagari "was
greatly delighted to see the admiral joyful and understood that he
desired much gold." Thereafter it arrived in amounts calculated to
console the admiral for the loss of the Santa Maria,
which had to be scuttled. He decided to make his permanent headquarters
on the spot and accordingly ordered a fortress to be built, with a
tower and a large moat.
Columbus returned to Spain to bring the news of his discoveries. The Spanish monarchs were less impressed than he with what he had found, but he was able to round up a large expedition of Spanish colonists to return with him and help exploit the riches of the Indies. When gold was not forthcoming, the Europeans began killing the natives. Some of the natives struck back and hid out in the hills. But in 1495 a punitive expedition rounded up 1,500 of them, and 500 were shipped off to the slave markets of Seville.
Columbus returned to Spain to bring the news of his discoveries. The Spanish monarchs were less impressed than he with what he had found, but he was able to round up a large expedition of Spanish colonists to return with him and help exploit the riches of the Indies. When gold was not forthcoming, the Europeans began killing the natives. Some of the natives struck back and hid out in the hills. But in 1495 a punitive expedition rounded up 1,500 of them, and 500 were shipped off to the slave markets of Seville.
The Italian-born mass-murderer is responsible for one of the greatest atrocities to ever occur – the genocide of 100s of millions of people,
while in the greedy pursuit of material gains. By introducing Europe
to the exploitation and elimination of the Indigenous people who, for
thousands of years, previously populated the entire Western-hemisphere,
and also for being the catalyst for the trans-Atlantic holocaust of people from Alkebulan a.k.a. Africa, he gets credit as perhaps being the most popular murderer to ever step foot on Earth.
The public school curriculum propagates that the exploitative explorer's crew “discovered America” while searching for a faster route to India where they'd find herbs and spices for their food. The books teach that Killer Christopher Columbus' crew had gotten lost, which is an outright lie because the ships were being maneuvered by experienced Israelite navigators who had been sailing around the globe for decades by utilizing their precise maps. Plus, they utilized maps and a calendar which was thousands of years old.
While Caucasoids claim in their records that they had arrived at an uninhibited land with roaming scavengers, in reality they had just encountered high standards of civilization. Although they destroyed most of the proof which proves that a highly cultivated civilization already was in existence, the pyramids and other monuments of the Olmecs are still standing in Central America.
Columbus Day initially began as an Italian-American acknowledgment in San Francisco, CA in 1869, even though the first full-fledged celebration wasn't conducted until 1907 and by 1937 it had become more accepted. In 1963, Roland Libonate proposed that U.S. Congress declare Columbus Day as a national holiday. The holiday is not recognized in 3 states – Hawaii, Nevada & South Dakota.
The public school curriculum propagates that the exploitative explorer's crew “discovered America” while searching for a faster route to India where they'd find herbs and spices for their food. The books teach that Killer Christopher Columbus' crew had gotten lost, which is an outright lie because the ships were being maneuvered by experienced Israelite navigators who had been sailing around the globe for decades by utilizing their precise maps. Plus, they utilized maps and a calendar which was thousands of years old.
While Caucasoids claim in their records that they had arrived at an uninhibited land with roaming scavengers, in reality they had just encountered high standards of civilization. Although they destroyed most of the proof which proves that a highly cultivated civilization already was in existence, the pyramids and other monuments of the Olmecs are still standing in Central America.
Columbus Day initially began as an Italian-American acknowledgment in San Francisco, CA in 1869, even though the first full-fledged celebration wasn't conducted until 1907 and by 1937 it had become more accepted. In 1963, Roland Libonate proposed that U.S. Congress declare Columbus Day as a national holiday. The holiday is not recognized in 3 states – Hawaii, Nevada & South Dakota.
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Columbus and the Gangster Spaniards
"[The Spaniards] took babies from their mothers' breasts, grabbing them by the feet and smashing their heads against rocks. . . . They built a long gibbet, low enough for the toes to touch the ground and prevent strangling, and hanged thirteen [natives] at a time in honor of Christ Our Saviour and the twelve Apostles. . . . Then, straw was wrapped around their torn bodies and they were burned alive."
"As the Spaniards went with their war dogs hunting down Indian men and women, it happened that a sick Indian woman who could not escape from the dogs, sought to avoid being torn apart by them, in this fashion: she took a cord and tied her year-old child to her leg, and then she hanged herself from a beam. But the dogs came and tore the child apart; before the creature expired, however, a friar baptized it." (referring to the child )
"They would cut an Indian's hands and leave them dangling by a shred of skin. . . [and] they would test their swords and their manly strength on captured Indians and place bets on the slicing off of heads or the cutting of bodies in half with one blow. . . . [One] cruel captain traveled over many leagues, capturing all the Indians he could find. Since the Indians would not tell him who their new lord was, he cut off the hands of some and threw others to the dogs, and thus they were torn to pieces."
Hispaniola had 3 million people when Las Casas arrived there in 1502. 40 years later only 200 where left!!
"Yet into this sheepfold, into this land of meek outcasts there came some Spaniards who immediately behaved like ravening wild beasts, wolves, tigers, or lions that had been starved for many days. And Spaniards have behaved in no other way during the past forty years, down to the present time, for they are still acting like ravening beasts, killing, terrorizing, afflicting, torturing, and destroying the native peoples, doing all this with the strangest and most varied new methods of cruelty, never seen or heard of before, and to such a degree that this Island of Hispaniola, once so populous (having a population that I estimated to be more than three millions), has now a population of barely two hundred persons" (Devastation of the Indies, p. 29).
Padre de Las Casas said that more than 15 million died on the mainland in 40 years!!
"As for the vast mainland, which is ten times larger than all Spain, even including Aragon and Portugal, containing more land than the distance between Seville and Jerusalem, or more than two thousand leagues, we are sure that our Spaniards, with their cruel and abominable acts, have devastated the land and exterminated the rational people who fully inhabited it. We can estimate very surely and truthfully that in the forty years that have passed, with the infernal actions of the Christians, there have been unjustly slain more than twelve million men, women, and children. In truth, I believe without trying to deceive myself that the number of the slain is more like fifteen million" (Devastation of the Indies, pp 30-31).
Father Bartolomé was very kind to the cruel conquistadors however because the pre-Columbian population of South America was about one hundred million —100,000,000. Only about 10 million remained after 40 years!!
"Yet into this sheepfold, into this land of meek outcasts there came some Spaniards who immediately behaved like ravening wild beasts, wolves, tigers, or lions that had been starved for many days. And Spaniards have behaved in no other way during the past forty years, down to the present time, for they are still acting like ravening beasts, killing, terrorizing, afflicting, torturing, and destroying the native peoples, doing all this with the strangest and most varied new methods of cruelty, never seen or heard of before, and to such a degree that this Island of Hispaniola, once so populous (having a population that I estimated to be more than three millions), has now a population of barely two hundred persons" (Devastation of the Indies, p. 29).
Padre de Las Casas said that more than 15 million died on the mainland in 40 years!!
"As for the vast mainland, which is ten times larger than all Spain, even including Aragon and Portugal, containing more land than the distance between Seville and Jerusalem, or more than two thousand leagues, we are sure that our Spaniards, with their cruel and abominable acts, have devastated the land and exterminated the rational people who fully inhabited it. We can estimate very surely and truthfully that in the forty years that have passed, with the infernal actions of the Christians, there have been unjustly slain more than twelve million men, women, and children. In truth, I believe without trying to deceive myself that the number of the slain is more like fifteen million" (Devastation of the Indies, pp 30-31).
Father Bartolomé was very kind to the cruel conquistadors however because the pre-Columbian population of South America was about one hundred million —100,000,000. Only about 10 million remained after 40 years!!
A fact
which is often overlooked is that Columbus never actually stepped foot
on the continental U.S., only arriving in the Caribbean, nicknamed the
West Indies because Columbus thought he was in India. Columbus was not
just the first person to “discover America”, he wasn't even the 1st
Caucasoid to do so, as the Vikings had already accomplished that
centuries earlier.
Also, many records were kept of some of the atrocities committed against the Indigenous people, such as, when the Spaniards would unmercifully beat their enslaved subjects from daybreak til the break of dawn the following day. After being taught how to cultivate the land by the Indigenous people, the Europeans turned around and committed mass murder against them.
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Also, many records were kept of some of the atrocities committed against the Indigenous people, such as, when the Spaniards would unmercifully beat their enslaved subjects from daybreak til the break of dawn the following day. After being taught how to cultivate the land by the Indigenous people, the Europeans turned around and committed mass murder against them.
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