This is where I feel that the Oakes reading starts off and connects because it talks more towards the bad of the Spanish and how they treated the Indians as uncivilized creatures as they felt they were above.

             Columbus and his voyages were financed by King Fernando and Queen Isabella because no private individuals had enough resources to do so. As a privilege, he was named admiral of any lands he may discover and keep one tenth of the income. He had been back and forth across the Atlantic for over ten years and he was obsessed with the thought of wealth. "He planted the Spanish flag on the modern islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico."(Oakes 14) This was the start to his success as he began to discover more and more lands.Around this time the Spanish were also exploring lands in that area when they came into contact with an Indian tribe known as the Tianos who were peaceful and friendly and also the more warlike and aggressive tribe called Caribs. the Spanish started to follow in the Europeans footsteps and treat the Indians as beneath them and inhuman.Then in 1493 Columbus set out on his second voyage where he began to realize his treasures were not coming as planned so in conclusion his team packed up over five hundred Indians to be sold as slaves and that is where it all began to unfold as the Indians became the slaves to all among them both Spanish and Europe alike. Although the Spanish Requerimiento promised freedom to all Indians who accept Spanish authority. It was not until the later 1542 that the new laws to ban enslavement of Indians was passed.

             In conclusion "Spain, the first of the major European states to achieve unity,dominated exploration,colonization, and exploitation of the new world."(Oakes 29) Both the Weincek essay and the Oakes reading tell two very different aspects of the Spanish and the history that they perceived as a culture whether it was the founding of our many cities, building of the missions, of their acts of slavery towards the Indians.