Columbus, who?

Animikwaan gets a little rowdy, but she has a good point:

"With the aid of the agricultural engineering of the Western Hemisphere's Indigenous peoples, like the cultivation of maize among other indigenous fruits and vegetables (e.g. tomatoes, potatoes, squash, cocoa, bananas, a variety of beans, etc.) as well as lifestyles, the survival of the continual waves of European settlers for over a century afterwards was enabled. So, today's spirited subject heading is a toast to the bitter drink of cynicism regarding the whitewashing of North American history.

"...But if you do not do this or if you maliciously delay in doing it, I certify to you that with the help of God we shall forcefully enter into your country and shall make war against you in all ways and manners that we can, and shall subject you to the yoke and obedience of the Church and of their highnesses may command; and we shall take away your goods and shall do to you all the harm and damage that we can, as to vassals who do not obey and refuse to receive their lord and resist and contradict him; and we protest that the deaths and losses which shall accrue from this are your fault, and not that of their highnesses, or ours, or of these soldiers who come with us. And that we have said this to you and made this Requerimiento we request the notary here present to give us his testimony in writing, and we ask the rest who are present that they should be witnesses of this Requerimiento."

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