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Show 82 A Relation of the Spamih Monger ‘ and Cmelties iii the \VCPr-lndiesr 5;; One may eafily guefs by this On the Banks of the Silvnrflivcr they have deliroy'd divers great Provinces and Kingdoms 5 and cut the Throats of multitude of Indians, treating lnltance what love the Indians muft have for the Ca- 'em with all the Cruelties they could invent: for tholicks, and what confidence they can put in their when they were at this vaft diftance from Spain, produce to thefe poor Wretches to excufe. fuch Barbarities as thefe. "monies. What Idea can they have of God, who; ul. he is defcribed to "em as infinitly good and mercrf What can they think of his Law, which they are told is {0 holy and qut; when they fee thofe that.t thef profel‘s to ohferVe it, not fcruple to commit all . 1 . ? C‘hlocii of thefe cruel Villains perifh'd miferably without the leafl: contrition or repentance ', and the God is infinitely gracious and merc1ful, there is real‘on enough to fear they are condemn d to eternal Torments. Of the River de la Plata, or Silver-River. " Everal Spanifh Captains have undertaken Voyages . to the Silver-River, fince the year ISCZ: The Country upon it is of a val't extent, and contains mor alt-t Kingdoms and noble Provmces. The Inhabitants are a very rational and civil fort of P60 ple, and live at a coniiderable dii'tance from tht other Indians; which render'd it an enfyfi matter to the Spaniards to molefl: 'em with impunity, ml they did not much fear the King's Authority 5 be» lieving the remotenefs of the place where they with mitted their Crimes, would fecure 'em from the danger of fufi'ering for 'em. This hope of impunity made 'em more bnrbarouily cruel in this Coontry than in others 5 f0 that they liv'd here after the molt licentious manner imaginable, without the leaft regard to Law or juftice. However fome of their Aetions have been reported to the Council of the Indies. A certain Governor one day command- ed his Souldiers to enter into a Town, and mailerere all the Inhabitants, if they {hould refufe to give 'em what proviiions they wanted. The Soldiers prompted by this Order, and fupported by the Authority of the Governor that fent Dem, hill'd 5000 of theft: poor Creatures7 who looking on. theSpaninrds as their declared Enemies, were not willing to trufl: 7em, or to have any commerce Wltll 'em', and therefore hid themfelves, not fo much to avoid giving 9em what they ash-ed, as to Cicape the points of t eir Swords. The other In» drain were to terrified by this daughter, that they T'eildll'f oftr'd themi‘elves in great numbers to ferve to exerciie ail their wonted Rapine and much: [flt' Spaniards, Thei'e Indians when they were one 'etnt: amongbm, They every where carry gwith RV Call'd by the to receive ion e orders fame defign 0t enriching and makin themlelw from him, [knowGovernour not by who: hag), made fome den great and'powerful at the coft of thefe unhapp; People, V~‘l10m th€y plunder of their Treafin‘g/aSl it "5""? the {pail 0f a hut and lawful War. Where lay IQ prefent thtrnlislves be‘ore him; upon which, gqommanded 'eiri to he deliver'd up to another at1011 0f Indians who were their mortal Er emies. c‘591'ihel' come, they ute the fame ways and {1153,- 393300? Wretches as: {ti-ones: they heard this cruel, and hilly; to "minis their deiign‘, they torment ry, .I'Ulllli‘aWe, Cried out molt hideouliy, entreatmg they People, pillage and del‘troy the Count whole "looms to poflefs themfelves of their C59: Smeardswiti‘i tears in their Eyes rather to kill 'ern LG i Outright and Silver. |