Xchel
Active Member
10 bucks says the majority of progressives believe the natives spoke Spanish.
$10 bucks says that was a pretty damn ignorant statement.
On the other hand, I took history going on 40 years ago, so I am of course wondering if the natives in what is now Texas weren't speaking Spanish.
I'm probably overdue for a refresh on American history.
The true natives didn't speak Spanish, they spoke native languages even in Texas, Mexico and so forth..that said, the Spanish and French arrived in the US before English even thought about the US so we had native languages and then Spanish and French oh and Italian before Englishmen even were interested in the New world. Italian would be one of those first languages arriving here along with Spanish after the natives..Christopher Columbus was Italian but he had Spanish on his crew and his ships were from Spain. Spanish, Chinese and English are all important languages and I have to wonder what some of my fellow Americans have against learning other languages? In fact, successful countries require it.