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The girl who married a snake.

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Jungle books.

Thurs. 16.5.24.

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HATUEY, AN INDIGENOUS LEADER WHO DID NOT BEND HIS KNEES TO THE SPANISH 📚 Hatuey, was a Cacique of the Taino ethnic, who lived where the island of Quisqueya/São Domingos is today, he lived in the early 16th century and fled to Cuba during the Spanish conquest. Today he has become almost a folk figure, after leading his people in a fight against the invading Spanish, thus becoming one of the first fighters against colonialism in the New World. He is currently hailed as "The First National Hero of Cuba". Manuel de las Casas, a Spanish correspondent, attributed the following speech to Hatuey, which was directed against Christianity. Showing another Indigenous Chief a basket of gold and jewelry, he would have said: "Here is the God the Spaniards worshiped. That's why they fight and kill; that's why they chase them and that's why we have to throw them into the sea... They tell us, these tyrants, that they worship a God of peace and equality, yet they usurp our land and make us their slaves. They tell us of an immortal soul and their eternal rewards and punishments, and yet they steal our belongings, seduce our women, rape our daughters. Unable to match us in value, these cowards cover themselves with iron that our weapons can't break... " Hatuey undertook a guerrilla war against the Spaniards, however, was unable to arrange many of his people to fight against Spanish domination. Eventually, using mastins and torturing the native people for information, the Spaniards managed to capture him. On February 2, 1512, he was tied to a stake and burned alive at Yara, near the present-day town of Bayamo. Second De Las Casas, before being cremated, a priest asked Hatuey if she would accept Jesus and go to heaven. Las of the time remembered the boss' reaction: "On some thought Hatuey asked the priest if the Spaniards go to heaven." The man of religion said yes... The boss then said without thinking twice that he did not want to go there, but to hell, not to be where they were and where he would not see such cruel people. This is the name and the honor God and our faith have earned. " #indigenous #Native #Caribeña #Taino #Caribbean #Amerindian #Arawakan