For both Soto and Moscoso, torture and violence constitute a spectacle where mutilated bodies are displayed. Violence is a fundamental part of the theater of war and conquest--needless to say, on the part of both combatants. Take the infliction of wounds explicitly carried out to set an example in the following military encounter, which occurs right before Soto's death: "About one hundred men were slain; many were allowed to get away badly wounded, that they might strike terror into those who were absent." According to the Relaçam, the Christians generated so much fear that "the cries of the women and children were such as to deafen those who pursued them." This is one of those few passages where the Relaçam deplores this abuse by the Christians.

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Today, as in the times of Soto and Columbus, we see a similar fear running through our civilized society pertaining to certain groups of individuals. The need to control and stay one step ahead from a group of individuals who are different from the norm still runs through our blood today. Just as Columbus and de Soto committed violent crimes against the natives, people today continue to commit violent crimes against each other. Thus, because of the existence of hate crimes in the world today, it is obvious that we still retain some of the primitive thoughts that were abundant in the 1500s. This is unfortunate; it shows that we still have a long way to go before we can interact peacefully. In my mind, it does not seem that we have improved much at all since the time of these two travelers.

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