religion

Columbus thinks that the Indigenous people on Long Island do not have a religion yet and should be easily converted to the Christian faith

Columbus denies Indigenous people from Cuba to have culture / religion

Columbus states that it should be easy to make Christians out of the Indigenous people

Columbus states that it should be very easy to turn the Indigenous people [from Cuba] into Christians

Columbus's Colonial Policy: Christian Purity

Columbus hopes that the Indigenous people [on Haiti] would become good Christians and subjects of the Castilian crown

Columbus already deems the Taíno on Hispaniola as good Christians-to-be

Columbus thinks Indigenous people [from Cuba] do not have any religion and has only seen them pray the Salve Regina and Ave Maria

Columbus says the Taíno on Hispaniola did not have any religion

Columbus remembers he did not catch any significant differences among the Indigenous peoples of the various islands

T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

T0002 — [Letter Christopher Columbus to Luis de Santàngel, February 15, 1493]