"Some it quite covered [with pustules] on all parts - their faces, their hands, their breasts, etc. There was great havoc. Very many died of it. They could not walk; they only lay in their resting places and beds. They could not move; they could not stir; they could not change position, nor lie on one side, nor face down, nor on their backs. And if they stirred, much did they cry out. Great was its destruction. Covered, mantled with pustules, very many died of them. And very many starved; there was death from hunger, [for] none could take care of [the sick]; nothing could be done for them."

Question

Bartolome de Las Casas, 1519, Florentine Codex

About the smallpox outbreak among the Taino people



What is de Las Casa describing in this quote?

(1 point)
Responses

Treatment for smallpox
Treatment for smallpox

The effect of smallpox on the Taino people
The effect of smallpox on the Taino people

Daily life among the Taino
Daily life among the Taino

How many people died of smallpox
How many people died of smallpox
Question 2
Why were there so many deaths among the Taino?(1 point)
Responses

Only de Las Casas could help
Only de Las Casas could help

The Taino had no immunity to smallpox
The Taino had no immunity to smallpox

No one could move around
No one could move around

There was no known treatment

Answer 1

For Question 1, de Las Casas is describing the effect of smallpox on the Taino people.

For Question 2, there were so many deaths among the Taino because the Taino had no immunity to smallpox.