What is the meaning of “with gold it is even possible for souls to open the way to paradise” as it is used in “whose history matters? students can name columbus but not taino people” by bill bigelow? columbus is raising money for another island journey.
columbus is converting natives to christianity. columbus is exploiting the taino people to get gold.
columbus is buying indulgences for the taino people.

[1] when the twins grew up, they continued to fight. [2] one day they decided to hold a contest to determine who was stronger. [3] though they tried to defeat each other in many different ways, neither one could win. [4] on the last day, they fought with weapons. [5] using a deer antler, the right-handed twin overpowered his brother, and he threw him off the edge of the earth. [6] today, the right-handed twin lives in the sky-world, and the left-handed twin lives in the dark underworld. [7] they rule the earthly world of men together.