Now we're on to chapter 3 of Guns, Germs and Steel. It is all about the miscommunication between the two societies, the capturing/killing of the Indian Chief Atahuallpa, and why the Spaniards conquered the Native Americans, not vice versa. Where was I going with this? Oh yeah, the only side to this story is that of the Spaniards. Everyone knows that it takes two to fight, therefore two stories are needed. I am going to 'fill that gap' as Mr.Ross says. This is not a real story about the Natives' perspective, just my understanding. Here it goes:
"There were 10,000 or so of us Indian soldiers, lined up against the horizan, ready to fight to the death. We had never invaded anybodys' land; we kept to ourselves, stayed in our 'area'. All of a sudden, the Spaniards were on our land wanting our Chief in Cajamarca. The Spaniards were on our land for many, many, many moons. They came with giant beasts that were fast and strong, they had diseases that spread throughout our colony and killed off 95% of the Indian population, and they had awful machines that sounded like firecrackers and could kill you before you blinked. This is the story of the Indian...the real story.
"This all began in the center of Cajamarca, where Pizarro wanted to see our Chief. He said he had no intentions of hurting or insulting him, he only had a desire to meet him. We knew no history of these powerful people, so we could only follow along. We have rules here though that I'm sure the Spaniards didn't understand seeing that we spoke two different languages, had two total different beliefs and traditions. Anyway, unless you are of high relation to Atahuallpa you don't touch him, don't look him in the eye, and most of the time you don't even speak to him and when you give him something, you DON'T take it back. That's exactly what Pizarro did. He gave our Chief a book but we had no idea why or what it was. We all held our breath when the Spaniard leader starting reaching for the book, looking to get it back. As he would any of us, Atahuallpa slapped Pizarro and through the book; he had no desire to accept a gift of the enemy. That's how the whole battle started: miscommunication.
"Pizarro sent out a terrible cry of anger and before we knew it, what seemed like thousands of them were spilling out of the buildings and bushes and running straight at us. I was a soldier: fight to the death to save my people, and I was high enough in ranking that if it was necessary, I would protect our Chief, his family and the other political figures of the Indians. As I was saying, all the Spaniards took us so by surprise that some couldn't even get their weapons up, they were so shocked and terrified. Others had only a club and slingshot which didn't stand a chance against the steel swords and guns the Spaniards carried. There was death and blood and tumult all around me that I couldn't focus. Then I heard it: the horn for help. This was a ram's horn that was blown whenever reinforcements were needed. I knew this was for me. I dodged the enemies coming at me and ran as fast as I could. By the time I got there, my people were already piling on top of each other, protecting as many people as they could. This was one of our strategies: pile onto of our political figures to save them. We were to protect our people at any cost. And, it distracted the Spaniards..it worked every time. They thought we were stupid, that we panicked so we killed ourselves, but we protected oursleves in the long run. I was very injured, a soldier from the other side sliced deep into my leg and gashed my head. I had passed out, leading them to believe I was dead. I woke up about a week later, not able to walk and with a bad headache. I looked around. All the Spaniards were gone, almost all of us Indians dead. Only few survived, and only a sliver of those people lived. I was one of them. I wanted people to know what really happened, how horrid the Spaniards were. Now you know the truth, the tale of the Native Americans."
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Wow u wrote alot!
what can i say? i had a lot to say. i do that a lot though...write a lot. it's not my fault!! don't judge me, ok?!? jk jk.
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No I meant you wrote alot as in a good thing. It put more detail into the story. :) Haha I like bugging gabby itss funnn :P
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