I need help with three questions. "In the Year 1509, the Spaniards sailed to the Islands of St. John and Jamaica with the same purpose and design they proposed to themselves in the Isle of Hispaniola, perpetrating innumerableRobberies and Villanies as before; whereunto they added unheard and Finally by afflicting and harassing them with of Crueltiesun-exampled Oppressions and torments in the Mines, they spoiled and unpeopled this Contrey [country] of these Innocents. These two Islescontaining six hundred thousand at least, though at this day there are scarce two hundred men to be found in either of them, the remainder perishing without the knowledge of Christian Faith or Sacrament."

1.) For what audience did Las Casas write these accounts? What does that the audience suggest about his purpose for writing?
2.) Suppose these accounts had been written by a visitor from competing for European power eager to remove the Spanish from the Americas and take over the land for itself. What might be that author's audience and purpose?
3.) Read the historical perspectives on the brutality of the Spanish on page 265. Then in a sentence or two explain the role of identifying purpose and audience in determining the accuracy of a historical source, referring to specific examples from that page.