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The Voyages of Americas: Witnessing Conquest and Survival

Experience the encounters and challenges faced by Native Americans as European explorers arrive, bringing both cruelty and cultural exchange. Through diary entries, witness the struggles and resilience of the indigenous people during this tumultuous era.

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The Voyages of Americas: Witnessing Conquest and Survival

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  1. The Voyages of Americas By: Nija Reid

  2. Dear Native Americans, (1539) My name is Chaska and I am one of the few natives that have survived this torture. The conquistadors will hunt you and keep you as a slaves. At first they’ll seem occasionally nice .But the they’ll turn on you. Like they turned on me. First I was skeptical about them arriving to our land. But then I just knew what was coming. I am warning you now to be aware and prepared of what is yet to come. And also to know I love my natives very much. Sincerly, Chaska

  3. Dear diary, (1630) It’s Ben a few weeks since the Spanish Missionaries have been in our village. I have been tortured since they came here. I was whopped by one of the Spanish solders . I was also forced to be a Christian. I was at the church when I saw my brothers point the sharp, think arrows at the priest. But that didn’t work. They still forced my sisters to join there religion. I just want to be with myself and my own. As if I’m my own “master”. Sincerely, Myself.

  4. Dear King Louisxiv, (1575) Your Highness this experience had been something very different for me. The people are particularly strange. They were “naked” when I came to the island. Not just that, they also had no laws nor religion. I believed they were their own “masters”. Later on the exploration I taught them a lot of cultivation of survive in the wilderness. Not just that but to also speak the French language One of the exhilarating moments since being there was he battle between the Horun and the Iroquois. I contributed by defending the hurons. Sincerely, Sameul De’ Champlain

  5. Dear Diary, I had witness the mascara that happened in 1622. I was very confused of this event that had accord, Because the Europeans were the ones that were being attacked. The Indians wanted revenge. Because of the bad harmful treatment that the Europeans had did to them. I decided to be cooperating and communicating with the Indians. I began studying them. I had a wide variety of interest for the different people. The women were fast the men were in great shape. Sincerely , Myself.

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