 While waiting, Las Casas produced a report that he presented to the Bishop of Burgos, Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca, and secretary Lope Conchillos, who were functionaries in complete charge of the royal policies regarding the Indies; both were encomenderos.They were not impressed by his account, and Las Casas had to find a different avenue of change.He put his faith in his coming audience with the king, but it never came, for King Ferdinand died on January 25, 1516.