Personally I have to celebrate the destruction of the evil cannibal Aztec empire. Not that I celebrate the destruction of all the native tribes, but some of them certainly got what they deserved. Many are unaware that Cortez was only able to destroy the Aztecs because of the help of the many native tribes which the Aztecs had enslaved. I consider Cortez a great hero. I’ll never understand the attitude of Mexicans toward Cortez. He’s the father of the Mexican race and they hate him. Mexico has their own version of Pocahontas named Malinche. She was Cortes’ native wife and the mother of the Mexican race. Mexicans do not celebrate her like we do Pocahontas though, instead they consider her a race-traitor. Her name has become a synonym for “traitor.”
Yes.
The Aztecs were bloodthirsty killers who lived in terror of the unknown and only fetl blood sacrifices and cannibalism would keep awayu the day of destruction. It didn’t work.
I think a lot of the anti-Spanish feeling is because of what happened AFTER the Aztecs were destroyed. Cortez was certainly no saint, even by European standards.
The French gave the native Americans the best brake, but ruined it by using them as pawns in the wars with the English and Americans.
Yes, we learned in Spanish lit class that Malinche was a turncoat who helped the conquistadors understand and conquer the native culture.