Lesson 8
logo is Father Las Casas
One time it happened that a group of 71 or 72 Spaniards
had been routed and they fled to some caves in the mountains in order to
hide from the Indians. When the Indians discovered the Spaniards, they wanted
to bring firewood and burn them. Enriquillo ordered: "I do not want
them burned. Instead, take their weapons and leave them be. Let them go".
And so they did, and they obtained many swords and spears and crossbows,
even though they did not know how to use these. Of these 70 Spaniards one
became a friar in the monastery of Santo Domingo, in the city of Santo Domingo,
because of a promise he had made when he believed he would not escape, and
I learned of all this from him.