The tears of the Indians being an historical and true account of the cruel massacres and slaughters of above twenty millions of innocent people, committed by the Spaniards in the islands of Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, &c. : as also in the continent of Mexico, Peru, & other places of the West-Indies, to the total destruction of those countries / written in Spanish by Casaus, an eye-witness of those things ; and made English by J.P.

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Author:	Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566.
Title:	The tears of the Indians being an historical and true account of the cruel massacres and slaughters of above twenty millions of innocent people, committed by the Spaniards in the islands of Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, &c. : as also in the continent of Mexico, Peru, & other places of the West-Indies, to the total destruction of those countries / written in Spanish by Casaus, an eye-witness of those things ; and made English by J.P.
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Print source:	The tears of the Indians being an historical and true account of the cruel massacres and slaughters of above twenty millions of innocent people, committed by the Spaniards in the islands of Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, &c. : as also in the continent of Mexico, Peru, & other places of the West-Indies, to the total destruction of those countries / written in Spanish by Casaus, an eye-witness of those things ; and made English by J.P. Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566., Phillips, John, 1631-1706. London: Printed by J.C. for Nath. Brook ..., 1656.
Alternate titles:	Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias. English
Subject terms:	Indians, Treatment of -- Latin America. Spain -- Colonies -- America.
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TO His Highness, OLIVER, LORD PROTECTOR of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland & Ireland, With the Dominions thereto belonging.

To all true English-men.

Tears of the Indies, or Inqui∣sition for Bloud: being the Relation of the Spanish Massacre there.

Of Hispaniola.

Of the Kingdomes which the Island of Hispaniola did contain.

Of the Islands St. John and Jamaica.

Of the Island of Cuba.

Of the Province of Nicaraqua.

Of New Spain.

Of New Spain in particular.

Of the Kingdome and Province of Gua∣timala.

Of New Spain. As also of Panucon, and Xalisco.

Of the Kingdome of Yucatan.

Of the Province of Sancta Martha.

Of the Province of Carthagena.

Of the shore of Pearls, of Paria, and of the Island of the Trinity.

Of the River of Yuya Pari.

Of the Kingdome of Venecuela.

Of the Provinces of the Country of Florida.

Of the River of Plate, or the Silver River.

Of the great Kingdomes, and large Provinces of Peru.

Of the New Kingdome of GRANATA.