Daniele Bolelli Tells The Tale of Gonzalo Guerrero

By on February 17, 2013 in News 2

disinformation author, martial arts legend and podcaster extraordinaire Daniele Bolelli tells the story of the legendary Gonzalo Guerrero, “the original badass from the Americas and the father of the first interracial kids in the Mexico and for that matter, anywhere in the mainland of the Americas,” as Bolelli would have it. Audio from The Drunken Taoist Podcast. Animated by Paul Klawiter.

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  • http://www.sacredgeometryinternational.com/ Camron Wiltshire

    Daniele is not only an excellent and inspired writer but a great storyteller and narrator!
    Loved this piece and have to say the animation is equally fun to behold. Cheers!

  • kowalityjesus

    It is an interesting story, although with a rather melodramatic and anti-European animation. It reminds me of the story of the explorer de Vaca, which I think is quite a bit more interesting.

    He was shipwrecked in Florida in 1528 and after whittling down the 300 in his ranks from disease and starvation, he wandered from tribe to tribe around the gulf of Mexico and American southwest spending time as a slave and also accumulating a following as a faith-healer, using sections he remembered of the Catholic Mass as incantations. When he finally wandered into Mexico City in 1536, he disapproved of the treatment of the natives by the conquistadores.

    After he returned to Spain and wrote the account of his travels, he wanted to be part of an expedition to explore Mexican territory and convert natives, but unfortunately was not given the appointment, which was instead given to a military commander who contributed further to the brutal reputation of Spain in the New World.