Opening chapter of American missionary history.
Subtitle: Life of Bartholomew de Las Casas, of the Order of St. Dominic, protector-general of the Indians and first bishop of Chiapa in Mexico.
Publisher: P. O'Shea
Published: 1871
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: Family of Las Casas. — His Birth. — His knowledge of the Indian Tongue. — His Voyage to America. — His career in the Island of Cuba. 9; title: CHAPTER II.; title: His Friendship for the Dominican Friars. — The Repartimientos, or Governmental System of the Colonies. — Fathers Montesino and Cordova. — Their Disputes with the Spanish Colonists respecting their injustice to the Natives. — The affair brought before King Ferdinand in Spain. — Decrees in favor of the Indians. 13; title: CHAPTER III.; title: Joy of Las Casas over the success of Montesino. — Bad faith of the Authorities in St Domingo and coldness of King Ferdinand. — Las Casas publishes the decrees himself. — Two of the Dominican Fathers depart for the Coast of Cumana where they are successful in converting the Natives. — The perfidy of a Spanish Captain exasperates the Indians and causes the death of the two Fathers. — Las Casas labors successfully among the Natives of Cuba. — Continued cruelties of the Colonists and departure of Las Casas to Spain. — He is promised an Audience.— Death of the King 37; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: Las Casas pleads for the Indians before Cardinal Ximenes. — Enforcement of the old regulations and enactment of new ones. — Commissioners appointed to go to the West Indies in order to protect the native population. — Las Casas is appointed Protector-General of the Indians. — Means are still contrived to counteract his designs and he returns to Spain, 41; title: CHAPTER V.; title: Las Casas at the Court of Charles V.— His triumphant appeal before the Emperor and the Royal Audience in favor of the Indians. — He is seconded by a Franciscan Friar and by Diego Columbus, Admiral of the Indies. — The former decrees in favor of the Indians confirmed. — Other abuses corrected. — Las Casas obtains a charter for a certain territory where he is to establish an Indian settlement according to his own plan 46; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: Further troubles on the Coast of Cumana. — Las Casas establishes a Colony there which is ruined by the imprudence of his Lieutenant in his absence 57; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: Las Casas becomes a Dominican. — Lives eight years in retirement — Becomes Prior of the Convent of St Domingo. — Goes to Spain to obtain from Charles V. regulations favorable to the Indians of Mexico and Peru recently conquered by Cortez and Pizarro. — History of the Cacique Henry 68; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: Las Casas visits Mexico, Peru and other provinces to publish in them the decrees of the Emperor in favor of the Indians. — With some of his brother Dominicans he conquers to the faith the "Land of War". — He goes to Spain again. — Is appointed first Bishop of Chiapa. — His difficulties as Bishop. — Resigns his See. — Returns to Spain for the last time. — His controversy with Sepulveda. — His Death 86; title: APPENDIX.; title: I. Containing an extract from Irving's Life of Columbus, and showing the views of Las Casas on negro slavery 105; title: (I. Is the Apostolic of Pope Paul III. declaring the Indians to be capable of Christian instruction and forbidding them to be deprived of their liberty. 219