Class as of 9-17-07

Today in Spencer's class we learned more about the Spaniards and Indians, specifically the Encomienda. The Encomienda was enforced by the Spanish conquistadors and it let them enslave the indians and disperse them amongst themselves. I found this highly disturbing and one guy who agreed with me was named Las Casas. He preached about how what the Spanish were doing was illegal anyways and that the Indians and Spanish should live in peace. Unfortunately nobody listened to him.