Your Holiness,

Since my voyage to the island of Hispaniola, with my dearest friend Nicolaus de Ovando my worldview has changed. Since I stepped foot in this island I was confounded and bewildered by it's beauty, never imagining it could be so. This land is so full of riches, cultural and physical and I could see why Spain's hold over it was such. Since graciously I have been blessed to be an ordained priest here, I was granted many riches and when I took part on the conquest of Cuba, even more so. I was granted an encomienda and for twelve years lived in complete luxury. Since the law firmly stated that in return for the use of native labor, encomenderos were instructed to

Your Holiness,

Since my voyage to the island of Hispaniola, with my dearest friend Nicolaus de Ovando my worldview has changed. Since I stepped foot in this island I was confounded and bewildered by it's beauty, never imagining it could be so. This land is so full of riches, cultural and physical and I could see why Spain's hold over it was such. Since graciously I have been blessed to be an ordained priest here, I was granted many riches and when I took part on the conquest of Cuba, even more so. I was granted an encomienda and for twelve years lived in complete luxury. Since the law firmly stated that in return for the use of native labor, encomenderos were instructed to

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