Yes, I said it. "In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue" was a thankful phrase to pass the American history tests we took in elementary school. My foremost thought on ole Christopher Columbus is that he discovered no more than what was already here. So yeah, American Natives got hoodwinked, bamboozled, tricked, and conned into accepting diseases and pestilences from the wretched filthy rats from Columbus' crew. Columbus was a con man who loved the sea, who loved to sail. He conned Spain into funding his voyage. He conned the Native Americans into fruitless peace treaties and exchanges that greatly benefited the travelers. You mean to tell me the Native Americans were the ones who were taught how to grow crops? He was also a confused man, assuming he'd reached India and giving the indigenous people the Indian name. Confused, I can understand, but for how long id we As children, we were taught what we wanted to be taught. Our parents didn't know any better as ...