▁Cas as , ▁along ▁with ▁other ▁ind igen ous ▁and ▁mission ary ▁writers , ▁launched ▁a ▁literary ▁counter off ensive . ▁ ▁De ▁las ▁Cas as ▁considered ▁the ▁" be ast ly ▁vice ▁of ▁sod omy ▁as ▁the ▁worst , ▁the ▁most ▁det est able ▁of ▁any ▁human ▁w icked ness ". ▁ ▁He ▁denied ▁with ▁passion ▁the ▁reports ▁passed ▁on ▁by ▁the ▁conquist adors ▁and ▁expl or ers , ▁who ▁had ▁" def amed ▁the ▁Indians , ▁having ▁accused ▁them ▁of ▁being ▁inf ected ▁with ▁sod omy , ▁a ▁great ▁and ▁w icked ▁false hood " ▁and ▁thought ▁that ▁they ▁observed ▁" ab st in ence ▁towards ▁the ▁sens ual , ▁v ile ▁and ▁dirty ▁aff e ctions ", ▁although ▁he ▁admitted ▁that ▁in ▁a ▁country ▁so ▁big ▁there ▁could ▁be ▁isolated ▁cases ▁of ▁particular ▁people ▁in ▁particular ▁cases , ▁attributed ▁to ▁" a ▁natural ▁cor ruption , ▁dep rav ity , ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁inn ate ▁sick ness ▁or ▁fear ▁of ▁w itch craft ▁and ▁other ▁magic ▁sp ells ", ▁but ▁in ▁no ▁case ▁among ▁the ▁converts ▁to ▁Christian ity . ▁ ▁De ▁las ▁C ases ▁gives ▁for ▁example ▁the ▁mix e ▁who ▁cru elly ▁set ▁fire ▁to ▁the ▁sod om ites ▁discovered ▁in ▁the ▁temple . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁statements ▁of ▁F ray ▁August ín ▁de ▁V et an cur t , ▁those ▁men ▁who ▁dressed ▁as ▁women ▁( and ▁vice ▁vers a ) ▁were ▁h anged ▁if ▁they ▁committed ▁un spe ak able ▁sin ▁and ▁the ▁pri ests