The scene from Wounded Knee should be shown in school. Also didn’t other tribes help the Spanish due to how the Aztecs treated them? I also read that Shaka Zulu was very ruthless with neighboring tribes. I wonder if any of them helped the British. The good/bad/ugly of western history has been rehashed to death. Let’s get some mini series about non western history. Especially slavery and other atrocities
'Teamed up' undersells it. In many conquistador armies, they were outnumbered 10-1 by native allies.
The conquistadors had better direction, organization, and tactics, but the overwhelming bulk of the armies were natives. They were native uprisings, featuring conquistador support.
The scene from Wounded Knee should be shown in school. Also didn’t other tribes help the Spanish due to how the Aztecs treated them? I also read that Shaka Zulu was very ruthless with neighboring tribes. I wonder if any of them helped the British. The good/bad/ugly of western history has been rehashed to death. Let’s get some mini series about non western history. Especially slavery and other atrocities
The conquistadors teamed up with native tribes. It's even taught in history classes in Mexico.
'Teamed up' undersells it. In many conquistador armies, they were outnumbered 10-1 by native allies.
The conquistadors had better direction, organization, and tactics, but the overwhelming bulk of the armies were natives. They were native uprisings, featuring conquistador support.
The equivalent of the French lending support to the Colonies in our revolution, I presume.