History of Mexico Hubert Howe Bancroft Volume 11 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. KING AND COLONY. 1624-1639. Defence Measures?The Dutch At Acapulco?Cousair Raids Along The Coast op Yucatan?The Barlovento Squadron?Royal Loans And Extortions?Inundation Of Mexico?Proposed Removal Op The Cap- Ital?Relief Measures And Drainage Projects?The Huehuetoca Tunnel?San Felipe The Protomahttr Of Mexico?His Irregular Life And Beatification?The Hermit Lopez?Vicerot Cadereita? The Prelate Zukiga?The First Creole Archbishop. In order to guard somewhat against the recurrence of such happenings as the Gelves outbreak, greater precautions were observed by the home government, as we have seen, in selecting the heads for political and ecclesiastical affairs; additional instructions were issued to guide them in their relation to others, and a certain limitation of power was for a time at least imposed; the king for instance taking upon himself to appoint the commandants and magistrates of leading ports, strongholds, and towns,1 who had hitherto been commissioned by the viceroy. Cerralvo retained for some time the enlisted troops and erected suitable barracks,8 while the enrolment list of volunteers was preserved for cases of need. These volunteers really constituted a part of the general system of militia, formed already by Cortes, in connection with encomiendas, and extended over set- 1 In Calle a number of these appointments are enumerated. Mem. y Not., 168. In 1628 the city asked for their disbandment for 'no quedan ceniza del snceso del 15 de Enero de 1624,' but this request was not granted till two years later. Cedularlo Nuevo, L 351. The cost of maintaining them appears to have been wholly borne by the desagiie fund, which was thus drained of 89,853 pesos. Fonseca, Hist. Hoc., v. 358-9. A DUTCH FLEET AT ACAPULCO. 81 tlements in all directio...