He chose to go to hell.

>A compelling revelation of the meaning of the Christian message for many tribal peoples is contained in the death-scene of an Arawak chief, [Hatuey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Hatuey_monument%2C_Baracoa%2C_Cuba.JPG). Captured in Cuba by the Spaniards in 1511, Hatuey was asked to convert before being executed. His apostasy would have reaped the reward of death by decapitation, rather than being burnt alive. According to an eyewitness: >*The lord Hatuey thought for a short while, and then asked the friar whether Christians went to heaven. When the reply came that good ones do, he retorted, without need for further reflection, that if that was the case, then he chose to go to Hell to ensure that he would never again have to clap eyes on those cruel brutes.* ________________________________ **Source:** Cocker, Mark. “All Christendom will here have Refreshment and Gain.” *Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold: Europe's Conquest of Indigenous Peoples*. Grove Press, 2001. 16. Print. **Original Source Listed:** de Las Casas, *A Short Account*, p. 28. _________________________________ **Further Reading:** [Hatuey, also Hatüey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatuey)