1537 – 1538

Las Casas and the Dominicans try peaceful conversion in Tuzulutlán, Guatemala

From 1537 Las Casas and fellow Dominicans enter the unconquered highlands of Tuzulutlán, the 'Land of War', to convert people by preaching and not force. The region is later renamed Verapaz ('True Peace'); he is recalled in 1538.