I would use the words genocide and holocaust to describe what the Spanish did to the native people they encountered. Columbus seized and kidnapped these Indian men, women, and children, similar to how the Nazi’s did to the Jew’s during the holocaust. During Columbus’s first and second voyage only a handful of people had survived, leaving behind hundreds of innocent men, women, and children left lifeless. “So many Indians died that they could not be counted,” wrote Gonalo Fernandez de Ociendo. I feel that there were combinations of motives for theses unpardonable actions. I feel that there was a hung unconscious disregard for human life. Columbus just picked these men, women, and children up on his voyage to help him achieve what he wanted which was his greed for gold. He wasn’t in the least bit selectiv

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