Excerpt from Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes, Vol. 18 of 20: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and OthersA briefe Narration of the destruction of the Indies by the Spaniards: written by a Frier Bartholomew de las Casas, a Spaniard, and Bishop of Chiapa in America.Bart. De las Casas his Booke of Cruelties done in the Indies. Of the Ile of Hispaniola.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.