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Show 204 and Craelrz'er in tire Weft-Indies. A Relation of the Spaniih Vayager made with 'em, after having kill'd the Mailers (if Fa~ milies,they haVe alfo murder'd their Wives and Children,and poll‘efs'd themfelves of all they had. And God is now pleas'd every day to fhew‘ us by his fevere Chaftifements that he has been grievoufly offended 20; inch kind of Lives, lhould infpire the Indians with ‘ the deiire of embracing the Law of God, and the i love of' Virtue, efpecially, feeing they many way s perfecute the very Mon-ks, who are to zealous for a the Reformation of thefe Idolaters? On the con- trary, the Spaniardsfpare nothing that may debauc h by thefe Robberies and Cruelties. The Welfare of the Indian: both as to Body and Soul is in the'greatefl: danger; for if they muft be fubjeét to the 3belute Power of the Spaniards, they'l utterly deftroy t Patterns they fet 'em : They teach 'em to fwe ar and 'em, without {paring any, fo much as to propagate ‘ they hear the Spaniards ufe fuch Expreflion s. their Race. If the Law of Nature forbids us to commit a Pupil to the charge of one that is a mortal Enemy to him or his Parents, or has embezel‘d his Ellate, or fet him an ill Example ; and yet he has been given up to the care of a Perfon of this Characler ', the judges would be oblig'd to reétify the matter, by taking him from under his Conducl, whatever fecurity he offers to give for his fidelity. 'Tis much the fame cafe with the Indians in refpe€t of the Spaniards, for thefe would have it believ'd that they are the Guardians, Tutors, and Protee‘rors of the other 2 tho 'tis only a fraudulent pretence to eninare 'em. The Indian: know: well enough how to govern themfelves, without being beholden to Gnardians ', and the Spaniard: are no way capable of inftruc'ting 7cm in the things of Religion, which yet is the main thing the Indians want, and the greatelt kindnefs that can be done 'em. And 'tis ca {y to fee what difpofition the Spaniards have towards 'em, as to. their temporal advantage. So that 7tis molt cer- tain they are their declar'd Enemies -, lince they have. firip'd 'em of all their Goods, ofier'd all forts or abufes to their Perfons, and taken away their Wives and Children, whom they have condemn'd to perpe- tual Slavery; which courfe, together with the cruel blafpheme the holy Name of God, tho in reality the poor Indzans don't do it deli gnedly, but only becaufe 'Tis therefore plain that the Spaniards ought not to have any Jurifdié'tion over the Indians, if their advantage ; either as to this Life or that to come he confi der' feemg they are the mortal Enemies of this People and think of nothing but how to deltroy 'em. It: would therefore be a piece of great Injuitice to abandon 'em to fuch Men, when their Difpofition toward 'em is {o well known; it being a mortal Sin to expofe one's Neighbor to- evident danger of , lofing his Life : And we doubt not but you r Majelty Will be cautious of falling under the guilt of fucha Crime, and not give up the Indians to the fury of the Spaniards. All 111% and reafonable Laws, and thofe Philofopliers that have written on Morality are againft plating any Government in the hands of necelhto us and coyetous Men, whofe greatefl: end is to get rid of their Poverty, and to deliver themfelves from that mean condition in which they live, and ther fore are ready to facrifice all the obligations e- Duty to the defire they have of becoming richof , And becaufe this greedy Paflion is continually inCrfealing, and their Minds are wholly fet on the ways 0 heaping up Wealth, and filling their Chefts, they nd no refl: but in fatisfying their Avarice. The How is it poffible that men that lead ibhor Poverty as Nature does 3 Vacuum, and the y re» tutti fore Wars made upon 'em, has almoft quite unpeopled the New World. em, and expofe "em to all forts of Vice by the evil |