They took infants from their mothers' breasts, snatching them by the legs and pitching them headfirst against the crags or snatched them by the arms … - Bartolomé de Las Casas

These people are the most devoid of rancors, hatreds, or desire for vengeance of any people in the world.

Men, from their early years, are reared in the midst of goods of the body and senses, the source of corrupt behavior, and, because they constantly deal with them, know them better. But spiritual things, the goods of reason, and things intellectual, which are far removed from the senses, they do not know as well. Because they understand and are always dealing with material things, but spiritual things are not so readily evident, it happens that men, for the most part, are plunged into sinful conduct.

And never have the Indians in all the Indies committed any act against the Spanish Christians, until those Christians have first and many times committed countless cruel aggressions against them or against neighboring nations.