16. "Thus too they burnt unjustly Chapera lord of the Canaries."
17. "Likewise they burnt the feet of Luis who was one of the great lords
in Quito, and tortured him in many other ways, to force him to
reveal the hiding place of Atabaliba's gold, of which treasure it
was known that he knew nothing whatever."
18. "They likewise burnt in Quito, Cozzopanga, who was governor of all
the provinces of Quito and who had responded to the intimations of
Sebastian de Benalcazza, the governor's captain, by coming
peaceably; but because he did not give them as much gold as they
asked, they burnt him, with many other lords and principal persons.
As far as I could understand, it was the intention of the Spaniards
that no lord should survive in all the country."
19. "The Spaniards assembled a large number of Indians, and shut up as
many as could enter, in three large houses which they then set on
fire and burnt them all, although they had never done the slightest
thing against any Spaniard, nor given the least cause."
20. "It once happened, that when a priest called Ocana, pulled a child
out of the fire in which it was burning, another Spaniard snatched
it out of his hands and threw it back in the middle of the flames,
where it became ashes together with the others; while the aforesaid
Spaniard, who had thus thrown the Indian into the fire was returning
to his dwelling the same day, he suddenly fell dead in the road; and
it was my opinion, that they should not give him [Christian]
burial."
21. "Moreover I affirm, that I myself saw the Spaniards cut off the
hands, noses, and ears of the Indian men and women, for no purpose
whatever but just because the fancy struck them; and in so many
places and regions did this occur that it would be a long story to
tell."
22. "I also saw the Spaniards setting dogs onto the Indians, to tear
them to pieces; and thus I saw many of them torn to pieces."
23. "I likewise saw so many houses and towns burned that I could not
tell the number, so great was their multitude."
24. "It is likewise true that they took nursing children by the arms and
hurled them in the air as high as they could; and their other
injustice and aimless cruelties terrified me, besides innumerable
other things that I saw, and which it would take long to