The Rapartemiento, or Distribution, Was Made According to the Rank and Importance of the Christian to Whom They Were Allocated

After the wars and killing had ended, there usually only survived. There usually survived only some boys, some women and children. These survivors were distributed among the christians to be slaves. The rapartemiento, or distribution, was made according to the rank and importance of the christian to whom the indians were allocated. And since men and women were separated, there could be no marital relations. And the men died in mines, and the women died on the ranches from the same causes, exhaustion and hunger. And thus was depopulated the island, which had been so densely populated.