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1a. What did the Spaniards make native women and children do?
They took them away from their families and forced them to work for them as slaves to feed them and make them things, all the while torturing them and scarcely feeding them. 

1b. Why, according to de las Casas, did the Spaniards want so much food?
They took the Natives for granted, and the small trifles of food they were given out of kindness, just weren't enough. They ate a lot more than the Indians, who had no luxuries in their homeland so they were in shape. The Spaniards however, were fat, gross, and fat... and gross. They needed more food.

2a. How did the Spanish react to native efforts at self-defense?
They retaliated and vowed to kill 100 Indians for every dead Spaniard that fell due to the natives. This wasn't very nice. :(

2b. Why did they punish the natives so severely?
Because they had daddy and mommy problems growing up and needed to take it out on someone later in life. 

Seriously though, they were coming to colonize the place and the Natives were in the way, and when they began to retaliate and kill their own, they really stepped up the violence and realized they were an enemy to their progress/money-making.

3a. How were pearl divers treated by the Spaniards? What word does de las Casas use to describe their labour?
They weren't allowed to rest, show any signs of weakness, or eat that much. They were chained up at night to prevent their escape and the same infernal labour would continue day in, day out. :(

3b. What was the inevitable fate of the pearl divers?
Death due to overworking, sicknesses, sharks! :(

4a. In what various actions do the Spaniards disregard the divine concepts of love for their fellow men? How do the Spaniards seem to regard the Indians?
By stealing all of the Indians food, killing everyone for fun, pretty much everything they did to the Indians had a very negative intention to go along with it. The Spaniards appear to regard the Indians as nothing more than objects; things that did their work for them and things that could be sold for cash!!!

4b. What motivated the Spaniards in all their relations with the natives? What do you think motivated de las Casas in his relations with natives, after his conversion in 1515?
Greed, laziness, gold, wealth, being cruel, sadistic weirdos. Casas had some good sense and like a real Christian who actually believed in the values/morals and applied them to his life and thinking, he understood that htis was indeed wrong and cruel to massacre the Indians and treat them in such a way.

Voh Cab You Larry (August 22nd!)

1. Callous - (adj.) Insensitive disregard for others.
The callous actions he made towards his grandma forced his family to disown him and send him away to the Phillipines.

2. Capricious - (adj.) Prone to severe switches/changes in attitude or emotion.
Jamal was capricious and very unpredictable in his behaviour, which caused him to be checked into the mental hospital last Wednesday.

3. Cajole - (v.) to persuade using heavy flattering and/or coaxing.
The used car salesman cajoled the old woman into buying a beat up Chrysler for fifteen-thousand dollars.

4. Censure - (v.) to formally present disapproval towards someone/something.
The child censured his feelings for apples when he set his fruit cup on fire in the hallway.

5. Catalyst - (n.) A person, object that causes an event.
John Fritzmann was a major catalyst provoking the impeachment of the school vice president.

6. Caustic - (adj.) Sarcastically, rude.
The old lady made many caustic comments to the young man as he painted her house.

7. Capitulate - (v.) To surrender, or resist unwanted demands.
Many armies were forced to capitulate after entering combat with the fierce Optimus Prime.

8. Celestial - (adj.) Belonging to, or related to the heavens, stars, or sky.
The celestial alignment causing Saturn to be aligned with Mercury caused many cults to believe the world was going to end.

9. Catharsis - (n.) The relieving of strong emotional stress.
When the mouse was killed in the mouse trap, the child's catharsis helped him settle down and continue playing Monopoly with his friends.

10. Carping - (v.) To excessively complain or find faults in everything.
Nagging old ladies are notorious for carping everyday while I do my job, which inspired me to ban them from my store.

English/Iroquois Questions

1a. Who plants and names the Tree of the Great Peace with Dekanawidah?
The Five Nations confederate lords.

1b. What is the purpose of the meeting at which Dekanawidah speaks? Why do you think oratory skills were prized by the Iroquois?
He is welcoming a new lord into the Confederacy and granting him good luck with his future rulings, hoping that he helps govern the Five Nations with the interest of the people in mind at all times. 

2a. To whom is Dekanawidah Speaking? Who is Adodarhoh?
To Adodarhoh and the cousin lords who are the lords that have been chosen belonging to other tribes.

2b. Why do you think Dekanawidah refers to the assembled lords as cousins? Are they literally related to one another?
Because they have not been with each other for very long and they belong to different tribes. They are not literally related, besides people within one tribe perhaps, but an Oneida and a Mohawk will be confederate cousins with no blood relation whatsoever.

3a. How does a candidate lord show his pledge to the council? What does this offering symbolize?
He must fashion a wampum which is (I think) a necklace-like object made of intricate shells that might symbolize something or tell a story. He must make this and present it to the council and hold it in his hand and recite a pledge.

3b. According to the constitution, what qualities should a leader have? What qualities should a leader put aside?
Everything that should be held by a leader so that his judgement isn't clouded by bad feelings. Qualities such as calmness, thinking about the future generations, 'thick skin', patience, and a good heart were prized and expected amongst council members. Things such as rage, fury, selfish thinking, and poor judgement are things that were looked down upon. 

4a. In what ways does this excerpt from the Iroquois Constitution incorporate nature in the rituals it describes?
The whole tree and it's being used a figure/object that brings every tribe in the League together in unity, protecting them and bringing them peace. Furthermore, the eagle atop the tree is another symbol of nature and protection along with the white roots that branch out in the directions of the other tribes.

4b. What does this selection reveal about the relationship the Native Americans of the Five Nations had with nature?
They respected nature very heavily. It guided them, protected them, and united them under one league so they could become a giant, powerful nation.

5a. In your opinion, are the values and moral code described in the Iroquois Constitution appropriate for the members and leaders of a government? Explain, using examples from the text.
Well, of course. The council members are told to think selflessly, and any ruling figure or group in charge of a people should hold the best interests of said people in highest regard. There isn't really anything described in the constitution that I would complain any government having.