▁were ▁burn ed , ▁a ▁report ▁that ▁F ray ▁Ger ón imo ▁de ▁M endi eta ▁confir ms . ▁ ▁F ray ▁Greg orio ▁García , ▁in ▁his ▁Origin ▁of ▁the ▁Indians ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁world ▁( s ic , ▁ 1 6 0 7 ), ▁assured ▁that ▁before ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish ▁" the ▁men ▁of ▁New ▁Spain ▁committed ▁huge ▁s ins , ▁especially ▁those ▁against ▁nature , ▁although ▁repeatedly ▁they ▁burn ed ▁for ▁those ▁and ▁were ▁consum ed ▁in ▁the ▁fire ▁sent ▁from ▁the ▁heav ens ▁[ ... ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁people ] ▁pun ished ▁the ▁sod om ites ▁with ▁death , ▁executed ▁them ▁with ▁great ▁vig or . ▁[...] ▁They ▁str ang led ▁or ▁d rown ed ▁the ▁women ▁who ▁lay ▁with ▁other ▁women ▁since ▁those ▁also ▁considered ▁it ▁against ▁nature ". ▁ ▁Gar cia ▁attributed ▁the ▁cases ▁of ▁sod omy ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁" m iser able ▁Indians ▁act ▁like ▁that ▁because ▁the ▁Dev il ▁has ▁trick ed ▁them , ▁making ▁them ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁gods ▁they ▁worship ▁also ▁practice ▁sod omy ▁and ▁therefore ▁they ▁consider ▁it ▁a ▁good ▁and ▁law ful ▁custom ". ▁ ▁Nevertheless , ▁De ▁las ▁Cas as ▁could ▁not ▁stop ▁giving ▁news ▁about ▁hom osex ual ▁acts ▁in ▁contemporary ▁Indian ▁soci eties , ▁as ▁the ▁custom ▁of ▁the ▁f athers ▁bu ying ▁young ▁boys ▁for ▁their ▁children ▁" to ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁pleasure ▁of ▁sod omy ", ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁" inf am ous ▁public ▁places ▁known ▁as ▁e f