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| Keywords: Christopher Columbus' Soldiers Chop the Hands off of Arawak Indians who Failed to Meet the Mining Quota.jpg en They would cut an Indian's hands and leave them dangling by a shred of skin and they would test their swords and their manly strength on captured Indians and place bets on the slicing off of heads or cutting of bodies in half with one blow One cruel captain traveled over many leagues capturing all the Indians he could find Since the Indians would not tell him who their new lord was he cut off the hands of some and threw others to the dogs and thus they were torn to pieces 1590s Included in later editions of Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias 1552 by Bartolomé de las Casas Creator Theodor de Bry PD-old-70-1923 Uploaded with UploadWizard Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias Theodor de Bry Spanish black legend | ||||
