With the full name of Bartolome de Las Casas (1474-1566), Les Casas enjoyed a famous position amongst the Indians and other natives of the America not only as one of the only self-educated entrepreneurs of the then era but also for the various causes of Indians which became the major objectives of his later life. In particular the regions of present day Haiti and Dominican Republic to this day regard Les Casas as a brave and committed businessmen as well as somewhat of a priest as he fought and advocated the various causes of Indians against the Spaniards and the Vatican, two of the Imperial powers with significant influence in the said regions during the 15th and 16th century, as well as in the later centuries. Les Casa's most famous and outstanding accomplishment for the Indians of the said region includes his defense for the native people of America, who are commonly famous as Indians even to this day. (Eatough, 1996).

However the following paper will point out some of the different methods used by the enemies of Spain through the relacion of Les Casas in the said region of America during the 16th century and beyond. In this respect, one may observe that Les Casas enjoyed a truly respectable position in the eyes of the Indians, and such was the height of this respect that Les Casas was even the recognition of chief of the Indians.

One of the methods through which the enemies of Spain used the relacions of Les Casas was the excellent relation enjoyed by the later with both the Spaniard rulers as well as those in authority at the Vatican, namely Pope Paul III. Les Casas's excellent relations with both the colonial powers were thus used as an excellent means of propagating the ideas and philosophy which though appeared to be truly passionate and favored the Indian in both their freedom as well as choice of selecting their rulers. On the contrary, historical realities narrate a totally different and more than a cruel picture of the same populations under both the colonial powers. (Eatough, 1996).

For example, Les Casas aimed to protect the Indians, fight for their causes, and advocated for the freedom and choice of the larger Indian populations under the Spanish and Vatican colonial rule. Les Casas also advocated that the Indian population should be converted to the Catholic religion through peaceful and persuasive means, which at the same time respected the sovereignty of the Indian populations. In reality however, the case was exactly the opposite, as Les Casas position as both a Dominican monk in 1522 as well as the Bishop of Chiapas miserably failed to put his utopian ideologies into practice. This is perhaps best worded by one Juan Fried, who writing in his famous "Fried and Keen, Las Casas and Indigenism in the Sixteenth Century" comments that if the utopian ideologies of Les Casas had been implemented, for example his views on how the Indians should be governed or allow them to govern themselves, the Spanish provinces of American would have turned into densely populated regions instead of living as a minority without any economic, political or social autonomy nor privileges of any sort. Hence, one may deduce that Les Casa's ideologies merely remained a propaganda and no more than an extension of otherwise dominant and somewhat cruel policies of the both the Spaniards as well as the those in Vatican. The life and works of Les Casas, however provided him a symbolic place, in the lives of the average Indians, simply because of the attempts to favor the latter, even though in reality it was no more than a propaganda. Some Indian tribes even went to the extent of regarding Les Casas as a god, such as the Mayan Indians, as well as those who were brutally victimized by the then colonial rulers.

Perhaps the most profound method used by the enemies of Spain was the written work of Les Casas, titled, "Brevissima relacion de Las destruccion de Las Indias", which provides a comprehensive and detailed account of the scale of genocide and list of cruelties meted out against the Indian populations on this part of the world. These written accounts were captured by the enemies of Spain, and propagated to provide evidence about the actual and true state of affairs under the Spanish rule in the region under discussion.

Yet, one of the most profound and realistic revelations as uncovered by Les Casas and rightly used by the enemies of Spain to claim their right on the New World were detailed studies on the Indian populations. This information included the fact that Indians of the said regions were no less human and civilized than those living in other parts of the world. According to Les Casas, the urban populations as well as those residing in Mexico and Peru were more or equal to the highly civilized societies of Rome, Greece, and Egypt as well as models and people of the Renaissance era on the European continent. These revelations were undoubtedly some of the most heartbreaking set of information and more than proved that Indians of the said regions were truly governed by those who cared little for the people who to date are regarded as one of the most backward. The realities are on the contrary as also reiterated in the above lines, as these people practiced lives and virtually every discipline similar to some of the highly civilized societies of the world, including those of Rome, Greece and Egypt (Eatough, 1996).