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Native Americans Vs Tlaxcalans

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The two documents helped support the traditional myths that the Native Americans thought that the Spanish were seen as Gods. In document 2, written by Nahua, the first words spoken to the Spaniards from the Tlaxcalan rulers were "Welcome, our lords." (p. 9). On the same page from the same document, the Tlaxcalans "showed them great honors, they gave them what they needed and attended to them". The Spaniards were treated as one who is much more than just the common man.

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