My first reading reaction paper is over week 4. I choose to write this paper about the letters from Franciscan missionaries warning Governor Vargas of secret Pueblo Indian meetings, Dec. 1695. These letters are between Governor Vargas and San Antonio between December 18, 1693 and March 20, 1694 Theism source starts with Vargas telling what the plan is and then San Antonio warning the Governor of the Pueblos plans to revolt and how the Natives reacted to the missionary’s coming into Santa Fe . These are right before the Pueblo Revolt and my biggest reaction from this primary source was the may I perceived the Spanish and the events that led up to the Pueblo Revolt of 1696. This paper influenced my learning because I feel like before this …show more content…
There was a lot of language that he used that made him look like he thought he has superior to the people of the Native tribes. We also learned a lot about how the Natives reacted to Catholicism but with this source we see how the Spanish responded to that. They were just as insulted that the Pueblos did not condone their religious views as the Pueblos were of the thought that they had to be converted. This is something that we have seen all throughout history and to see this in New Mexico too is sadly not too surprising. In its simplest form it is Ethnocentrism. This is where you believe that your own ethnic group or culture is better than another’s. We saw it in America with slavery, and in Germany with the Jewish people. This is a common theme in history that is seen a lot. I think that it reflects a lot of what human nature was as a whole. It’s was very common to see you and your own as superior and it was all just about who had the power. This seems not different to me with the Spanish and the Pueblo before the revolt. Although I think this still may go on in some places I feel like we as humans have grown to become more exception of others and their divorce cultures. Especially in a city like Albuquerque where there is so much diversity, and I think the Pueblos of 1696 would be proud of what New Mexico has become