Columbus and the Indians

To a certain extent I believe that the Spaniards conquered the Indians through the use of signs, but also that it was much more than just the signs. The Spanish had the help of disease. The diseases that the Spanish brought with them to the Americas ended up being one of the most deadly weapons as the Indian immune system had no defenses against them and ended up killing the majority of the Indians. The Spanish also had the help of other Indians who were tired of the rule of the Incas, Mayas and other large Indian clans. The Spanish, not knowing the territory or methods of the natives were constantly on the verge of loosing all the battles. But then an Indian group would come in and save the Spaniards by pillaging and taking out the already weakened larger tribal group and thereby destroying them. Due to reasons such as the ones already presented, I disagree that the Spanish defeated the Indians due to means of signs. It is widely known that the Indians viewed the Spaniards as "gods" and that the Spaniards would use this influence to be able to go places and do things that they would not have been able to do otherwise. So while it is true that the Spaniards did use this belief that they were gods to aid in the Indians defeat, it was disease and other native Indian tribes that lead to the downfall of Indian society and the eventual conquest of the Americas by the Spaniards.