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  • Velon was mustered out last fall, and he was happy to get back to his orchards and mill.

    Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

  • When the Spaniards took the Tairona settlement of Masinga, Velon ordered his troops to sever the noses, ears, and lips of every adult.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Marching inland, Velon attempted to vanquish an entire civilization.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • When the Spaniards took the Tairona settlement of Masinga, Velon ordered his troops to sever the noses, ears, and lips of every adult.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Marching inland, Velon attempted to vanquish an entire civilization.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • When in 1599 Santa Marta’s new governor, Juan Guiral Velon, undertook the final destruction of the Tairona, he did so charged with the certainty that all of his enemies were homosexual.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • To ensure the legality of their deeds, before each military action Velon’s captains read aloud in the presence of a notary public the famous Requirement, a standard legal document exhorting the heathen to accept the true faith.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • When in 1599 Santa Marta’s new governor, Juan Guiral Velon, undertook the final destruction of the Tairona, he did so charged with the certainty that all of his enemies were homosexual.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • To ensure the legality of their deeds, before each military action Velon’s captains read aloud in the presence of a notary public the famous Requirement, a standard legal document exhorting the heathen to accept the true faith.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

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