When Europeans found the indigenous people on the Indies the world changed. The New World, and The Old World. The main differences between the West Indies and Europe was the wildlife, climate, and way of life. The Native people of America were very different among themselves, and Europeans. Every single one of the hundreds of tribes were different. Some of the tribes in the northern part of America were much different than the tribes in present day Texas or Mexico. This diversity within its own people threw Europeans for a loop. Europeans saw many things “wrong” with the natives. Europeans thought the men were lethargic and the women worked themselves to death. European culture was much different. Most of the people had common religion