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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?
By The Native American Wars Podcast3.7
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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?

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