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Show and Crue/tie; m the "Jeff-Indies. 98 A Relation of the Spanilh Voyager pour'd out. There are now fcarce any I'c0ple to be found there after all thefe Mallacres. There are divers fine large Provinces near New (In. F (1.1-, this Country is called Popoym and Cali, and is above so leagues in extent, which they alfo have ruined, and made as defolate as the former. Here they have [0 Ilauglrterfd the people, that this once po- pulous Country is now quite dellitute of Inhabitants. 'l‘hofe that come from thence relate their terrible things of the Spotted: proceedings there, that one can‘t hear their fad Stories, without being pierc'd with trouble and compallion in a very feniible manner. In thefe Provinces they have ruin'd many fine Cities from one end to t'other, fo that they now he buried in their own Afhes: there are fearce any of the ruins of thofe Cities to be I'een, which once contairfd above zoeo Houfes. 3-4 mam»... In a word, this Coun- try which Was full of Villages, Towns, and Cities for the fpace of go leagues, is now fo bare, that there's fcarce any token remaining to fignifie there ever were any fuch buildings. Some of the Spaniards came from Peru into New (worm and Poyftgi'iziz through the Province onuij taunt, others of em came to Cali by the way 0: 99 C chCI'al parts of America. They feed their fi‘iI‘C Dogs with human flelh, on purpofeto accuitom em to tear Men in pieces, and devour em. [hey carry thefe Dogs with 'em whereyer theyfigo, and harbaroully murder the poor India,zrs,Pto feed thefe lavage Curs with their tlelh. "I hey'l ray one to ano- ther, Give me a quarter or that I'l‘lf‘m to make my Dogafeaft -, and w henl hill one, I'll_pay you again. They commonly hunt in the morning wrtn toefe Dogs7 and when ask'd by their fellows what luck they have had, they anfwcr according to their Iuccefs. Sometimesone will fay, I am content, my Dogs have killid about a fcore of 'em -, f0 that one would think they were {peaking of W'olves or wild Bears. Can any thing be imagin'd that exceeds fuch horrible Cruelty as this? And all thefe Barbarities have been. prov'd and averred by meet Examinations made and produc'd before the Council of the Indies. But I Ihall add no more, till I fhall receive farther information of their Other Villanies, which may be cxpeé‘red to be yet greater than thofe I have mention'd, if greater can poIIiny be committed. :Andr thatwhich is molt deplorable is, that the Spaniards take no care to fpeak to thcfe people of the hiya Ileries of our Religion, nor foem to regard en; (go-magma and Vraba, but all ioin'd together to carry on the fame delign, fpoiling a Country of 60f leagues in extent of all its Riches, and extirpating any more than Dogs or wild Beafts. all the Inhabitants after they had plunder'd 'ern. fimfi'em, whom they have even perfecuted, and. E‘t'lien this cruel \Var was ended, the Spaniards tool .ome or the Inr'iu _ - , r or Sla 'es ) . into theiifiz‘éi‘v‘iicleoiihdhey 1: 1e heads 0 fffecaus ydadllefir‘Cd , veral or "I heir Companions to be cut off in their high{ ‘0 WWW ~Cm; telling 'em they muft all expectto Nay they have forbidden theihlonks and Millionariesto 1n: laid a thoufand Obltruétions in their way, to blue der 'em from preaching the Gofpel to thele poor Creatures who pallionately defired it ', and all becaufe they thought the Converfion of thefe People would; bean Obfiacle to their covetous Defigns, and hm: der'em from getting all the Gold they defir'd: Sq undergo the fame fate, if they did not ferve 'em that thefe miferable people have been indufirioufly BY the recital of fuch barbarous Action? kept in their former ignorance, and know no other ""hfillb'k 3‘ "mks the Reader may eafily imagin how the 5174- "VH'JI behave themfelres towards the Indium indIf revere . God than thofe of Wood, Stone or Copper; unlgfi H; 15% |