Project Gutenberg 2007-01-09 Public domain in the USA. 953 Casas, Bartolomé de las 1484 1566 Casas, Bartolome de las Las Casas, Bartolomé de De las Casas, Bartolomé A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them. Translation of: Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias "A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies" by Bartolomé de las Casas is a historical account written in the early 16th century. This work serves as a condemnation of the brutal treatment of Indigenous people in the Americas by Spanish colonizers, detailing the extensive atrocities committed over several decades. Las Casas, a Dominican friar and former encomendero, uses his firsthand experiences to illustrate the devastating impact of colonization on various Indigenous populations, particularly focusing on their massacres and enslavement. At the start of the narrative, Las Casas introduces the background of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, emphasizing the innocence and hospitality of the Indigenous people upon the Spaniards' arrival. He vividly describes their initial peaceful interactions and the subsequent violent turn when the Spanish conquerors, driven by greed, unleashed their ferocity upon the native population. The beginning sets a grim tone as it outlines the immense suffering inflicted over the years, leading to the near annihilation of entire communities, and foreshadows the extensive documentation of these inhumane acts that will follow in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 30.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Indians, Treatment of -- Latin America Spain -- Colonies -- America F1401 Text Category: History - American Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Warfare 226599 2025-07-08T12:44:40.440245 text/html 226420 2025-01-08T13:47:51.938456 text/html 161557 2025-07-08T12:44:46.742210 application/epub+zip 164826 2025-07-08T12:44:43.508260 application/epub+zip 148886 2025-07-08T12:44:42.333247 application/epub+zip 357358 2025-07-08T12:44:49.071206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338661 2025-07-08T12:44:46.044196 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 183437 2022-09-09T13:59:11.603930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 207299 2025-07-08T12:44:40.176220 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 207678 2007-01-09T06:11:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 207669 2007-01-09T06:11:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20998 2025-07-08T12:44:49.189183 application/rdf+xml 18803 2025-07-08T12:44:42.819208 image/jpeg 4097 2025-07-08T12:44:42.574216 image/jpeg 78895 2007-01-09T06:11:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 78877 2007-01-09T06:11:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 159324 2025-07-08T12:44:40.458231 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia