Native Americans were revolted by European people's smell.

by AdGlittering5796

I just learned from a Native influencer that the colonizing Europeans had poor hygiene and the Natives were appalled by it, and I found it interesting (and kinda funny to be honest. Edit: because the Natives would throw flowers and incense on the colonizers to mask their smell, which they thought it was the natives way of praising them.) And that's kinda funny to imagine.

I tried Googling this information and haven't found any texts that has the accounts of Native peoples (Aztecs or far Northern/Southern people) descriptions of the Europeans and would like a link to it.

I heard it was mainly the English and Spanish that had poor hygiene. Why?

Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks.

Hergrim

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10z20Luka

A great answer from /u/400-rabbits on why that exact claim ("Natives would throw flowers and incense on the colonizers to mask their smell") is unlikely.

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/9dgzj4/is_this_true_when_the_spaniards_first_arrived_in/e5le8ok/