The main objective of the explorers, after finding fame and fortune, was the conversion of the native population to the Europeans religion, which was usually Christianity. Columbus states, I Believe that they would become Christians very easily, for it seemed to me that they had no religion (Gorn, p.9). The Spanish and Portuguese believed that in attempting to convert the Indians to Christianity, they offered the Indians a gift worth any earthly pain: They are very clean in their persons, with alert, intelligent minds, docile and open to doctrine, very apt to receive our holy Catholic faith, to be endowed with virtuous customs, and to behave in a godly fashion, (Gorn, p.12). All three documents illustrated everyone coming over to the new world with basically the same outcome: exploiting the Indians in the name of God and civilization, and gain as much wealth, fame, and power as humanly possible. Not one of these explorers perceived the natives as their own people, to be left alone and live, but they saw them as people to change and rule. Each one saw the Indians as an obstacle to overcome and eliminate, so that they may be the most powerful and wealthy person or nation. Overall, each group of explorers sought a new and better life, one that involved exploiting the Indians for the good of the explorers culture....
