Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 2 (of 8) Spanish Explorations and Settlements in America from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Century

CHAPTER V.

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LAS CASAS, AND THE RELATIONS OF THE SPANIARDS TO THE INDIANS. _George E. Ellis_ 299

CRITICAL ESSAY 331

ILLUSTRATIONS: Las Casas, 332; his Autograph, 333; Titlepages of his Tracts, 334, 336, 338; Fac-simile of his Handwriting, 339.

EDITORIAL NOTE 343

ILLUSTRATIONS: Autograph of Motolinia, 343; Title of Oviedo’s _Natural Hystoria_ (1526), 344; Arms of Oviedo, 345; his Autograph, 346; Head of Benzoni, 347.