Las Casaś wrote this excerpt about how the Spaniards saw the Indians versus his view on the matter. He emphasized that the only thing uncivilized about the matter was that the Spanish people were so oblivious to the civilize culture that they had stumbled upon. Las Casaś stated "...they widely administered the affairs of both peace and war justly and equitably, truly governed by laws that at very many points surpass ours..." (1). He stated that even though the Indians may be daft in the ways of the English language, they knew their place in their …show more content…
These humans, once thought to be daft and empty of logic, brought people sugar, spices and trade, all of which were highly desired by the Spaniards. In the lecture, the topic of disease traveling from unexposed hosts, just like how most of the Indians’ died due to the Spaniards bringing foreign disease to the New World. Without even noticing it, the Spanish became the barbarians by spreading a disease to the harmless Natives of the world they stumbled