Christopher Columbus is portrayed as a villain rather than a hero. The document claims that Columbus only cared about finding gold and was brutal to the native people he encountered. He kidnapped Indians and sent them to Spain where most died, buried people alive who tried to escape, used children for prostitution, slavery, and mutilation, and had his men boil children in soap or cut off their legs, killing 3000 Indians per day. Overall, Columbus is described as responsible for the deaths of thousands of native people through murder, torture, and slavery.