ASmerican indians
...s Indians. Spain was one of the first European nations to establish itself in North America. When the Spanish encountered the Native Americans (Indians), they were required by law to read a decree to them. The Native Americans, who had never before heard the Spanish language, had to way to comprehend the threaten that was being make against them. The Spanish came to battle with then and killed anyone who resisted them and took the other captive. The kindness the tribes had shown the colonist was soon forgotten. The fact that the Native Americans did not live in the manner that Europeans thought as civilized caused many white settlers to look down on them. Europeans came from a world where almost everyone believed in some kind of Christianity. Europeans had no tolerance for Native Americans who refused to abandon their religious beliefs in favor of Christianity; any worship other than Christianity was unacceptable to the European missionaries. European diseases were rapidly spreading throughout the continent. After contact with white settlers, Native Americans sud...