las Casas:
"The Admiral thought that he should take to Castile from this island of Cuba or the mainland… a few Indians to teach them the Castilian language….
"It is a fact that one should endure any toil and danger rather than do such a thing, for… it was a violation of the laws of nature and international law, which state and hold that he who comes simply and trustingly to trade with others … should be allowed to return home … without impediment.
"Columbus' action was wrong. How would the Admiral have felt if the Indians had forcibly detained two Christians he had sent into the interior and of what crimes would he have thought the Indians guilty? he would certainly have thought that, in order to rescue the two Christians, he might wage just war upon them."
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