Dbq New Spain

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According to the Spanish King's letter to the Viceroy of New Spain, and in Document Number 6, it says "The Spaniards entered like starving wolves, tigers and lions. For the last forty years the Spaniards have done nothing but slay, torment and destroy the Indians with strange and new kinds of cruelty never before seen or heard of." According to Bartolome de Las Casas (Catholic Priest and Missionary in New Spain), this means that the Spanish are forcing the Indies to do things against their will, and now they have to do everything the Spanish tell them to

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