Mayan And Spanish Encounters

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on such good-natured people. He states that "God has created all these numberless people to be quite the simplest, without malice or duplicity, most obedient, most faithful to their natural Lords, and to the Christians…" (Lunenfeld, 206). He petitioned to both the Council and King Charles V to cancel the current licenses of expeditions until the issue of propriety had been addressed (Lunenfeld, 221). Although the King did temporarily grant Las Casas' request, it produced no results, as Las Casas was ineffective in arguing his case. He had no real foundation for his argument but a few points, which according to Lunenfeld, he constantly reiterated.
What was the source of Las Casas' information? Did he make harsh generalizations that he applied to the whole colonial society? It appears certain that he did not truly represent the interests of the Amerindians because there is no mention of any particular individuals. Instead he mounts all Amerindians together as a group, thus ...

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