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To: marktwain
Bernal Diaz also states that when the Spanish were given women for wives the soldiers refused to marry them till the women had been thoroughly taught Catholic doctrine and converted to Christianity.
11 posted on 11/24/2015 7:23:06 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Yes, but they also took many of the women as slaves and concubines.


13 posted on 11/24/2015 7:51:41 AM PST by marktwain
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