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He must have been a very intelligent and determined man. Not only did he assimilate into a completely foreign culture and marry into their aristocracy, but he d
by eschulz 1y ago
He must have been a very intelligent and determined man. Not only did he assimilate into a completely foreign culture and marry into their aristocracy, but he did so after starting as a slave of said culture.
- neuralkoi 1y agoNot only that, he resisted Hernán Cortés' efforts to recruit him for the conquest of Mexico using clever guile and cunning. Twice he helped in thwarting the Spanish entradas into the part of Yucatán where he lived. By then, he had fully assimilated to Mayan culture. From the account of Bernal Díaz, he seemed to know what was coming from the clash between the Spanish and the natives.