Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writingsMacNutt, Francis Augustus
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Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings
MacNutt, Francis Augustus
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566
When the said captain arrived in the province of Lili at a town
called Palo near the great river, he found there the Captain Juan de
Ampudia, who had gone in advance to explore and pacify the country;
the said Ampudia had founded a town called Ampudia, in the name of
His Majesty and of the Marquis Francisco Pizarro, and had appointed
Pedro Solano de Quiñones and eight rulers as ordinary judges; and
the greater part of the country was at peace, and divided. As soon
as he knew that the said captain was at the river, he went to see
him accompanied by many of the inhabitants and peaceful Indians,
loaded with provisions and fruit; and from thenceforward all the
Indians in the neighbourhood went to visit the said captain, and to
bring him food.
16.16. These were the Indians from Namudi, Palo, Soliman, and Bolo; but
because they did not bring as much maize as he wanted, he ordered
many Spaniards to go with their Indians, men and women to get maize,
wherever they found it. So they went to Bolo and to Palo, where
they found the Indians, tranquil in their houses; and the said
Spaniards and those who went with them, stole and carried off the
maize, gold, stuffs, and all the Indians possessed, and they bound
many of them.
17.17. When the Indians saw that they were treated so badly, they went to
complain to the said captain of what had been done, and to request
that the Spaniards should restore all they had taken from them. He
would not have anything restored, but told them that his men would
not go there a second time.
18.18. Within three or four days the Spaniards returned for maize, and to
rob the Indians of the town. The Indians having seen that the said
captain kept and observed his word so little, all the country
revolted, which did much harm and disservice to God Our Lord, and to
His Majesty.
19.19. So the whole country is left deserted, because the people have been
destroyed by their enemies the Olomas and Manipos: these are a
warlike people from the mountains, who descended every day to the
plains to capture and despoil them, seeing that their towns and
native country were left abandoned; and the most powerful among them
ate the weaker, because they were all dying of starvation.
20.20. Having done this, the said captain returned to the said country of
Ampudia, where he was received as General and seven days later he
again left to go to the places called Lili and Peti, accompanied by
more than two hundred men on foot and on horse.
21.21. Afterwards the said commander sent his captain in all directions,
making cruel war on the natives; and so they killed great numbers of
Indians, men and women, and burnt their houses and stole their
goods: this lasted many days.
22.22. The lords of the country seeing that they were killing and
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