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Show 88 and Critelties in the Wefi-Indies. A Relation of the Spanilh Voyages 89 the manner of their treating the People of this new World. Having been an Eye-mitne 's, I have a certain knowled of the Di/jiofition and [Manners of the Inhabitants of Pg. ru 3 they are a week, good-humour'd and peaceable No. 12077, and have fhetrn a <great deal of Afiet'tion and Re. fell to the Spaniards; l have [con 'em give "em great Sums of Gold and Silver, and Pearls of a great value very readily ', they render'd 7em all the Services they could require of'enz with all the diligence that could be reafonably derttly appear'd by the fequel.‘ They condemn'd Coco- tie/it'd. Spaniards defign'd to fhetv no Mercy to any Indian in pagaganga to the fame Punthment, who was Prince of the‘Province of Quitonia: He fufier‘d himfelf to be over per/waded by the Treaties of Sebaltian Banalcarar a Spanifh Captain, to come in an amicable manner and furrender hiinfelf to the Spaniards -, this Captain having given him birs word that no Injury/hould be done him ', yet, contrary to this promife, he was burnt dll'UC, rvzth feveral Caciques befides: and I lM'Z/C' been in orm'd, that the Thry never ofi‘er'd to make War with "em, nor fo much as to put themjelves in a poflure of Defence, till, the Country, I moreover afirm, that I my felf havefeen the Spathey had reeei-v"d all imaginable lnjuries from "em, and were thereby con/"trained to it contrary to their Inclina- niards in feveral places cut off the JVo ~es, Ears and tions. Thy gave the Spaniards as many Aden and Hands of Indian Men and bVomen, without any ProvoEll/omen as they needed for their Dome/lick Bufinefs; cation, in cold Blood ( cos it feem‘d ,) purely for thefahe of and when they had recei=v7d 'ein into their Towns and doing szchief, which l6 a mofl inexeufable fort of BarVillages with all the Honours they could thinlz of, the) barity. , 1 have feen the Spaniards jet their fierce and hungry Dogs at the 1ndians to tear 7em in pieces and de- fiat/rhea 'an liberally with all the neceJ/fary Accommodations of Life. . l farther tellijy, that the Spaniards without having reeeiv'd the lea/t occafion of Ofienee from the Indians1 feiz‘d their great Cacique Atabalipa, foon after thf)‘ enttrli his Country, and burnt him after they had reeeio}: roour 'em. And I have jeen 7em fet fire to f0 many Towns and Villages, that 7tis impoflible I [hould recalled? the number of 'em. 'Tis certain they have torn Children from their Mothers Breafts, and thrown 'em with all their might as far as they could, to divert themfelves with this trurl an Allion : With the lilac Barbarity and lizjufltiWe)" lam." Schapcra the Prince of the Canaries. 77*] all, berm the feet of Aluis, th irfl and groan/l lo brutifh Sport. I have often been a b‘l/itnefs of many other Cruelties of this nature, which have fill°d me with Dre. d and Horror; but I fhould be too prolix and tedious to give the Detail of 'em. I prote/l, that once the Spaniards when they had affembled thegreate/l number of Indians they could in three lil'fal Hou es, fet fire to 7em and burnt 'em all alive, n‘ithout any reafon, having not re'eeieo'el the leaft afiront jam 'em. And a certain Prie/l, whofe name was Ocana, Happening to attempt to tahe a young Child out of the flames, a Spaniard that fatv him, took the Child from (ii The [trot/inter of (Antonia, and put hint to (l (ell-7 iilm, and immediately cafl it again into the Fire, where tn.1i{\'ulbtt‘Torm nts to make him reveal K. Atalmlipx 'f was burnt with the rejl. This Spaniard the fame day Committed this blaeh and eutj'cd zillion, died fuda'enlr tour Alfillions of Gold of him, and after having talent ininzenji' Sums out of his Province without any lit/13441461" They in, iiletl the fame Puni/hment on Cochilimaca bi! Cattain (fineral, when he came to meet them in an anti- (able inanizer with many other Noblemen of Peru. jut" days after another great Lord of the Province l] garments jiijer'd the fame fate -, for the Spaniards but: but: without having the leafl oeca/ion given Vern for; ‘Jrl'hljlli'ws 0," tohieh lie too/s utterly ignorant; as i? dome . 1115 |
