Primary Source Quiz 1

In the Salinan creation story, the woman was created from this:

feather

In the Cherokee creation story, this animal's wings sculpted the land the Cherokee called home

buzzard

According to Native American legend, this friendly giant caught whales in the sea and threw them on land.

moshup

This Spanish priest claimed that Spanish soldiers butchered and harassed innocent Native Americans to the point that many Caribbean islands were completely depopulated of their Native populations.

bartolommeo de las casas

This woman, who accused women of being witches during the Salem witch trials, later asked forgiveness. She claimed that she had been deluded by Satan

ann putnam

Las Casas claimed that this many Natives had died in the first forty years of Spanish colonization in the New World

More that 40 million

Antonio Yuba claimed that he was not having sex when Manuel Trujillo came upon him but, rather, he was doing this.

wrestling

Native Americans considered this man, and those that travelled with him, to be faith healers. He claimed that many Natives came to him, and to those who travelled with him, seeking cures.

alvar nunez cabeza de vaca

This Native American convert to Catholicism claim to have received a vision of the Virgin Mary

juan diego

John Winthrop argued that the Puritans had entered into this type of agreement with God

covenant

John Lawson blamed this group of people for the ravaging effects of smallpox on Native American communities

the english colonists

This man initially did not believe that the Virgin Mary had appeared to a poor Native American. It took a miracle involving roses to convince him

the bishop of mexico

For the Salinan, this animal created men and women

bald eagle

Manuel Trujillo and the governor of New Mexico, Gervasio Cruzat y Gongora, saw this act as a nefarious sin that jeopardized the cultural and religious conversion of Native Americans in the region

sodomy

The Gaspesian man claimed to be far more than the French.

happy

Richard Hakluyt argued that English colonies in the New World would greatly reduce the power of this country, a frequent enemy of the English.

spanish

Richard Hakluyt argued that English colonies in the New World would provide much-needed employment for these people.

idel men

John Lawson's guide through the Carolina swamps

santee jack

The Gaspesian man claimed that French colonists were unhappy because.

the constantly left their home seeking something better

The Gaspesian man claimed that the French diet was chiefly composed of this item.

cod