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LAS CASAS, Gonzalo (las-cah'-sas), Mexican agriculturist, born in Oajaca in 1543; died there in 1601. He was chief judge, and held an lndian commandery in Misteca, province of Oajaca, and gave valuable assistance to the Spanish authorities by his knowledge of Indian dialects, which he learned from his mother, an Indian woman. He directed his attention principally to agriculture, and left several works which are the only ones in existence on the agriculture of the early stages of the conquest. They are " Arte para eriar gusanos de seda en la Nueva Espana" (Granada. 1581: reprinted in a revised form as an appendix to Herrera's "Agri-cultura," Madrid, 1690); "La agricultura de los Indios y sus instrumentos agricolos" (Madrid, 1596); and in manuscript "Defensa de la Con-quista y los conquistadores de la Nueva Espana y como He de haberse con los naturales" and "'Era-tado de la guerra con los Chichimeeos."
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