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.

The Red Queen

The Red Queen In Palenque Mexico the archaeologist found the remains of a queen in 1994.they found her with a red powder which is called cinnabar.they don't now her identity shes been berried 13 century's in a sarcophagus.the indigenous people thougth that cinnabar was a way of life.king Pacal were found in the heart of the temple.the red queen was a woman of power,Pacal ruled 863 to 683.Pacal and the red queens toms were a like and thougth they were related.the first candidate was Yol ik nal.they were two people found in her tum a eighth to ten year old boy and a young woman.they think she was berried in A.D 700.Yol ik nal died 864 A.D.the other possibility was Sak kuk born A.D 612 and died 640.Sak kuk was the mother of king Pacal the second.Pacal was became ruler at 12 years,but his mom was the one in charge.The third possibility was Tzabu jaw born A.D 626 and died 672.Tzabu Ajaw married king Pacal the second.The red queen wasn't from alPenque because they got DNA from her from her teeth and saw that she wasn't link to Palenque and Tzabu Ajaw wasn't from Palenque.it took her nine years to get pregnant,she got pregnant in 635.then it took her another nine years to have her second baby.When Tzabu Ajaw died Pacal was left alone to ruled and then he died 11 years after she died.Yo ik nal couldn't be the red queen because,the red queen lived for A.D 615 to 680.Yol ik nal died in 604 A.D.sak kuk second possibility was not the red queen,because the DNA of her and Pacal did not match.Tzakbu Ajaw was the only possibility that the red queen could be.Palenque was abandon in the 9Th century.

about ME

i' m a verry shy girl.Sometimes its hard for me to make friends.But i alwas manage to have some.