MY LIFE AS A TAINO

Its October 11,1492. i was looking at the horizon and saw three ships approaching.i was nervous because i did now who they were.we welcome them to our land they called us "the gentle ones."our land was called guanahani and the Spanish renamed it San Salvador.they immediately claimedd our land ,but some didn't now what was happening.we didn't have no weapons protect our self's from them.they were calling us indios i didn't now why.the man that was in charge was building a fort and named it la navidad.he left and left 39 Spanish.when he left he took with him animals,plants.gold,and some of my people.when he cam ed back he came with more people and weapons.will he was away we try fighting the Spanish who were left in the island.we took over for a bit of a time but they easily defeated us.he built a not her fort called la Isabella.it was horrible he was killing my people torturing them still alive,he killed the babes by hitting them against stones and feeding them to dogs.the Spanish hang them burned them and throw them into holes.all of this was done will the were alive.it was so hard to watch,tried hiding so that they wont see me.will this was taking place i always saw a Spanish soldier drawing.i think to send it to someone so that they could stop doing this to us.hatuey was a leder who escaped Spanish capture then he leded a revolt against the Spanish in Cuba but he got killed.his a hero to many of us.for two years the Spanish sufferd becuse they didnt wanted to eat our food witch was corn,spices etc.. they made us turn in to Christians and study their beliefs.