<p>The jolly fat man whose belly shakes like a bowl of jelly brings the native peoples of La Hispaniola some memorable gifts that fuzzy Christmas of 1492.  How about some 30-odd swarthy, horny, heavily-armed Spaniards and a virulent disease to which you have no microbial resistance!  The seeds of conflict are planted as 1492 passes into 1493, and Columbus returns (heavily reinforced!) to find a bunch of ruins, some Spanish bodies and no gold at all.  What would Jesus do?</p>

The jolly fat man whose belly shakes like a bowl of jelly brings the native peoples of La Hispaniola some memorable gifts that fuzzy Christmas of 1492. How about some 30-odd swarthy, horny, heavily-armed Spaniards and a virulent disease to which you have no microbial resistance! The seeds of conflict are planted as 1492 passes into 1493, and Columbus returns (heavily reinforced!) to find a bunch of ruins, some Spanish bodies and no gold at all. What would Jesus do?

<p>The jolly fat man whose belly shakes like a bowl of jelly brings the native peoples of La Hispaniola some memorable gifts that fuzzy Christmas of 1492.&nbsp; How about some 30-odd swarthy, horny, heavily-armed Spaniards and a virulent disease to which you have no microbial resistance!&nbsp; The seeds of conflict are planted as 1492 passes into 1493, and Columbus returns (heavily reinforced!) to find a bunch of ruins, some Spanish bodies and no gold at all.&nbsp; What would Jesus do?</p>

Episode 7 - La Navidad and Smallpox; Merry Christmas, Indigenous Folks!

Exploring the history of European and Native American contacts - 1003 to 1890. A new podcast and other web-based materials, based upon the product of your humble author's research of actual historians, archeologists, anthropologists, geneticists, and others.  Some of this stuff comes from legends, oral histories of Native and European civilizations, scientific analysis of genetic populations, anthropological and archeological references, written history and of course our own speculation as to human nature, common sense and our experience.  All of this in context, we hope.

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Exploring the history of European and Native American contacts - 1003 to 1890. A new podcast and other web-based materials, based upon the product of your humble author's research of actual historians, archeologists, anthropologists, geneticists, and others. Some of this stuff comes from legends, oral histories of Native and European civilizations, scientific analysis of genetic populations, anthropological and archeological references, written history and of course our own speculation as to human nature, common sense and our experience. All of this in context, we hope.

Exploring the history of European and Native American contacts - 1003 to 1890. A new podcast and other web-based materials, based upon&nbsp;the product of your humble author's research of actual historians, archeologists, anthropologists, geneticists, and others.&nbsp; Some of this stuff comes from legends, oral histories of Native and European civilizations, scientific analysis of genetic populations, anthropological and archeological references, written history and of course our own speculation as to human nature, common sense and our experience. &nbsp;All of this in context, we hope.

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