The first two chapters recount how violent the European colonizers were when taking land in the Americas. They stripped the Natives of their land, resources, lives and humanity because they viewed them as savages and the Pope seamed them enemies of Christianity. They did not care about what they were doing and saw nothing wrong with it, as it was just a race against the other European powers. Although not every explorer did this, the majority did as they only sought personal gain. Reading this has built on what I have already been taught in school. I took a religion elective my Senior year called Native American Spirituality which introduced me to this information. Reading it here has given me more specific dates and accounts of the atrocities that were endured. It doesn’t seem real and is concerning how blinded they were whilst doing these acts.