Las Casas' manner of living as a bishop was no different from that which he had practiced as a simple monk.
Ovando was a good governor, Las Casas says, "but not for Indians."
Las Casas now undertook to answer Sepulveda's arguments and defend the freedom of his Indians.
Las Casas was partly in sympathy with the Dominicans, but he thought they went too far.
He found palms "of another sort," says Las Casas, "from those of Guinea, and from ours."
They discovered, also, another way to prevent Las Casas from going on.
Las Casas then quotes the account of the natives given by Americo Vespucci, respecting which he makes the following comments.
This was a great perplexity to Las Casas and the good monks.
No one will doubt that battles can be fought poetically who reads Plutarch or Las Casas.
Las Casas at once agreed to go and see what he could do, and set off alone into the mountains.