Conquest of New Spain (-Bernal Diaz)
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soldiers who were too poor to return home decided instead to settle in the area and make a living from the land and agriculture. So, as the story is ended only on the note of how much wealth, or the lack thereof, each conquistador came away with, it is hard to understand anyone who argues that the conversion of the Indians to Christianity was more important to the Spaniards than was the acquisition of gold.
soldiers who were too poor to return home decided instead to settle in the area and make a living from the land and agriculture. So, as the story is ended only on the note of how much wealth, or the lack thereof, each conquistador came away with, it is hard to understand anyone who argues that the conversion of the Indians to Christianity was more important to the Spaniards than was the acquisition of gold.