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Columbus discovery of the Americas was very profitable for the Spanish Empire, but devastating to the Native Americans already living there for thousands of years. This is conveyed in â€Å"a Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies† by Bartolomà © de Las Casas. The main goal of Las Casas was to inform the Spanish King about the atrocities committed by the Conquistadors to the Indian people and their land. From the beginning the rules were that the Spanish were to convert the Indians to Christianity and help them achieve heaven. On the other hand, the Conquistadors did not follow the rules and instead murdered millions of Natives for their riches. Unfortunately to the Indians, the arrival of the Spaniards brought them total destruction. The†¦show more content†¦They looked at those welcoming actions as actions of weakness. Consequently of their hospitality, the Spanish robbed them of all their gold, silver and jewels. The Spaniards murdered millions of Indians including children and raped women to get what they wanted. The mass murder committed by the Spanish was usually not quick. They tended to torture their victims to be able to acquire every worth resource they had, for instance a man’s, â€Å"body was extended, hands bound to a post, and his feet put into a pair of stocks, they all the while applying burning coals to his feet at a tormenting distance, where a boy attended, who by little and little sprinkled them with oyl, that his flesh might roast the better: before him there stood a wicked fellow, presenting a bow to his breast charged with a mortal arrow, (if let fly) behind him, another with dogs held in with chains, which he threatened to let loose at him, which if done, he had been torn to pieces in a moment† (20). The Spaniards were very eager to acquire their riches and would stop at nothing until they got them. However, the fate of the Indians that survived was not any better, since they were enslaved to work hard labor often without food until starvation. This new slaves were sent to Hispaniola and Peru, because these where the places that they would get the best prices. These Natives used as slaves were used in a variety of tasks. These tasks include: building, working mines and even making â€Å"War withShow MoreRelated Columbian Exchange Essay2042 Words   |  9 Pages On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus departed from Palos, Spain to begin his journey across the Atlantic Ocean. This was the first of many voyages that allowed him to explore a New World where he was able to discover plants, animals, cultures and resources that Europeans had never seen before. The sharing of these resources and combination of the Old and New World has come to be known as the Columbian Exchange. 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