Columbus Day
posted by The Minstrel Boy at 6:42 AM
Monday, October 08, 2007
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Yes. I know. I know.
yes, they did. life is strange.
And then they proceeded to spread their fatal diseases to the indigenous peoples...
although, there were many cases where the disease sword cut both ways. there were strains of malaria, yellow fever, dengue, and a host of other ailments that often had a withering effect on the europeans. in the distinct case of the arawak people who first made contact with columbus, the toll was brutal and swift. they lasted another three years before disappearing.
Although if I'm not mistaken, one of their words lives on - hurricane.
- oddjob
Perhaps the song for today should be Randy Newman's "Great Nations of Europe"
Columbus sailed for India
Found Salvador instead
He shook hands with some indians
and soon they all were dead
hi, i left something for you on my blog. i think is beautiful. i could find a complete picture tho i've seen it.
should be "could not" oh well. that's just me i guess.
And, in thanks, he gave them VD.
I have always had a weird "Shining" feeling whenever I visit Seattle. A few months ago, after my last visit, I read a description somewhere of the devastation found by the first white visitors (the disease had preceded them) when they sailed into the sound. A huge percentage of the natives were dead or dying under the pervading miasma.
Now I think I understand my discomfort. It takes a long time for that kind of sorrow to be cleansed away...
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