Agreed, Columbus (and the conquistadors, and the US’ “founding fathers”) were monsters even for their time (though celebrated as “our monsters” by the settler and imperialist societies). Washington’s name among the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) was “Conotocaurius”- which translates to, among various things, “Town Destroyer,” “Burner of Towns,” and “Destroyer of Villages.”
Agreed, Columbus (and the conquistadors, and the US’ “founding fathers”) were monsters even for their time (though celebrated as “our monsters” by the settler and imperialist societies). Washington’s name among the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) was “Conotocaurius”- which translates to, among various things, “Town Destroyer,” “Burner of Towns,” and “Destroyer of Villages.”