88 Field Columbian Museum — Anthropology, Vol. II. 



1625 A briefe Narration of the destruction of the Indies 



by the Spaniards. (Translated from the Spanish.) London. 

 1625. Fol. See Purchas (S). " Purchas his Pilgrimes, 

 etc." pt. IV. 



1656 The tears of the Indians: being an historical. .. . 



account of the cruel massacres. . . .of about twenty millions 

 of innocent people, committed by the Spaniards in the islands 

 of Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, etc. , as also in the continent 

 of Mexico, Peru, and other places of the West Indies.... 

 Written in Spanish by Casaus, and made English by J. 

 P[hillips]. London. 1656. 8°. 



[Bartolome de las Casas, born at Seville, 1474; son of 

 Antoine las Casas, who accompanied Columbus on his first 

 voyage of discovery. Went west with Columbus in 1498 and 

 1502 ; ordained priest in San Domingo by Bishop of Hispa- 

 niola, 1510 ; accompanied expedition under Velasquez for 

 occupation of Cuba, 151 1, when he began his opposition to 

 Spanish cruelty. Devoted his life to the service of the 

 Indians, crossing the ocean twelve times in his almost fruit- 

 less attempts to ameliorate their condition. Wrote his His- 

 tory of the Destruction of the Indians, while in Spain, about 

 1540, advising the Council of the Indies on a new code of 

 laws for the government of the colonies then being framed. 

 Consecrated Bishop of Chiapa, 1544, to secure authority to 

 enforce the new code, and went to Hispaniola same year. 

 Resigned bishopric, 1547, and returned to Spain ; resided at 

 Dominican College at Valladolid. Wrote a work on Peru, 

 1564. Died at Madrid, July, 1566, during visit "in service 

 of the Indians," aged 92. J 



1880 Castaing (Alphonse). Les sources de l'histoire du Perou 



antique. Paris. 1880. 8°. 



Les Fetes, offrandes et sacrifices dans l'Antiquite' 



peruvienne. 



(Archiv. le la'Soc. -Americaine de France. N. S. iii., 239.) 



Le Systeme religieux dans l'Antiquite peruvienne. 



(Archiv. de la Soc- Americaine de France. N. S. iii., 86, 145.) 



1626 Castellani (G.) See Casas (Bartolome de las). Istoria, 



obrevissimo relatione, etc. , tradittione in Italiano di F. Ber- 

 sabita (/". e., G. Castellani). Venetia. 1626. 4 . 



