An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies: And Related Texts Book

	Acknowledgments
	The Indies in Las Casas' Time
	Introduction
	A Note on the Text and the Translation
	Some Earlier English Translations of Bartolome de las Casas': Brevisima relacion de la destruicion de las Indias
	An Account, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies	1
	Argument of the Present Epitome	1
	Presentation	2
	[An Introduction to the Relation]	4
	On the Island Hispaniola	8
	On the Kingdoms That Once Were to Be Found upon the Island of Hispaniola	12
	On the Two Islands of San Juan and Jamaica	17
	On the Island of Cuba	18
	On Terra Firma	21
	On the Province of Nicaragua	25
	On New Spain, I	28
	On New Spain, II	30
	On the Province and Kingdom of Guatimala	38
	Of New Spain and Panuco and Jalisco	43
	On the Kingdom of Yucatan	47
	On the Province of Santa Marta	54
	On the Province of Cartagena	57
	On the Coast of Pearls and on Paria and the Island of Trinidad	57
	Of the River Yuyapari	64
	On the Kingdom of Venezuela	64
	On the Province of Terra Firma in the Part Called Florida	69
	On the Rio de la Plata, or the River of Plate	71
	On the Great Kingdoms and Great Provinces of Peru	72
	On the New Kingdom of Granada	78
	Testament	86
	The Laws of Burgos (1512-1513)	89
	New Laws of the Indies	93
	A Treatise on the Just Causes for War against the Indians	103
	The True History of the Conquest of Mexico	107
	From Hernan Cortes, Cartas de relacion	111
	Table of Weights and Measures Used in the Text	121
	Glossary of Political and Military Terms Used in the Text	123
	Index	127