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Spaniards in the Nahua City of Xochimilco: Colonial Society and Cultural Change in Central Mexico, 1650–1725

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2015

Richard Conway
Richard Conway*
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Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey
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In 1650, a Nahua noble named don Martín Cerón y Alvarado set down his last wishes in a codicil. Eminent but now elderly and frail, don Martin had served many times as governor of the central Mexican altepetl (ethnic state) of Xochimilco. Located by the lakes to the south of Mexico City, Xochimilco was a prominent and populous polity, renowned for its bountiful wetland agriculture. Such was its size and economic vitality that Spanish authorities, under King Philip II, decided to award it superior municipal status as a city—one of just four such designations in the basin of Mexico. In keeping with his position as the dynastic ruler of a prestigious alteped, don Martin was a lord of the highest social rank. He could trace his exalted lineage back to Acamapichtli, the Mexica forebear of the Aztec emperor Moteuhcçoma Xocoyotzin. By 1650, though, don Martin was the last of his kind. No person in Xochimilco would again hold his honorific title, tlatoani (dynastic ruler). His codicil and an earlier will and testament, both written in Nahuatl, marked the passing of an era.

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The Americas , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , July 2014 , pp. 9 - 35
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I would to thank Susan Schroeder, James Lockhart, Kevin Gosner, and James Woodard, as well as the anonymous reviewers and the editorial staff of The Americas, for their kind suggestions and assistance.

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38. Among early land grants for estancias, or ranches, some can be found in AGN, Mercedes, vol. 1, exp. 213, fol. lOlv; vol. 2, exp. 41, fol. 19v, and exp. 356, fol. 145v. For some of the haciendas, see AGN, Tierras, vol. 720, fols. 57–163v, vol. 1477, exp. 1, fols. 1–12, 35–177v, vol. 1631, exp. 1, cuad. 2, fols. 1–114v, and vol. 1802, exp. 6, fols. l-33v; AGN, Reales Cédulas Duplicadas, vol. 18, exp. 184, fol. 131v; and AGI, Escribania, vol. 194c and México, vol. 781.

39. See among others AGN, Indios, vol. 2, exp. 315, fols. 76–76v, vol. 6, la pte., exp. 1025, fol. 277, vol. 7, exp. 100, fols. 50–50v, and vol. 9, exp. 220, fol. 106v; AGN, General de Parte, vol. 839, fol. 155; and Gibson, The Aztecs under Spanish Rule, p. 346.

40. As such, the Spanish community in Xochimilco resembled that of Toluca in the late sixteenth century, with settlers arriving from Mexico City to work in the Spanish estate economy. Lockhart, “Capital and Province, Spaniard and Indian,” p. 110; AGN, Inquisición, vol. 147, exp. 6, fols. 121–188v. For the obrajes, see AGN, Indios, vol. 3, exp. 366, fol. 85v, exp. 872, fols. 21 lv (219v old foliation); and vol. 6, la pte., exp. 640, fol. 170v, and exp. 907 and 908, fols. 244v-245.

41. Apparently the practice of crafts was not antithetical to Nahua concepts of nobility. Other nobles, including don Felipe de Santiago, worked as weavers. AGN, Criminal, vol. 232, exp. 21, fols. 409—432v; Lockhart, The Nahuas after the Conquest, p. 486, N. 106.

42. Cline, “A Cacicazgo in the Seventeenth Century,” pp. 266–268.

43. AGN, Vínculos y Mayorazgos, vol. 279, exp. 1, fols. 19–25v.

44. Translated by Lockhart, James in “The Testimony of don Juan,” Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology (Los Angeles and Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 1991), pp. 81–82 Google Scholar: AGN, Vínculos y Mayorazgos, vol. 279, exp. 1.

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47. Lockhart, “Capital and Province,” p. 111; Tutino, “Provincial Spaniards, Haciendas, and Indian Towns” pp. 177–194. Franciscan friars remained separate from Spanish society because of their place of residence, religious mission, and because they did not marry.

48. Archivo General de Notarías del Departamento del Distrito Federal [hereafter AGNM), Mexico City, Sección Juzgados de Primera Instancia, Serie Xochimilco [hereafter Xochimilco], vol. 1 (second foliation), fols. 47, 116–117v. Apparently, Maza Riva conformed to regulations forbidding corregidores from obtaining property in their jurisdictions for a period of six years after their tenures in office. See AGN, Reales Cédulas Duplicadas, vol. 11, exp. 87, fols. 131–131v.

49. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 1–2v, 25v-27.

50. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 83–84, 178v-180, 188–188v, 271–272v.

51. However, Xochimilco’s cabildo had its own scribe.

52. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 19–20v.

53. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 5–6, 99v.

54. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 146–147.

55. AGN, Inquisición, vol. 271, exp. 3.

56. AGN, Mercedes, vol. 28, exp. 436, fols. 161v-162v.

57. AGN, Criminal, vol., 232, exp. 6, fols. 136–147v.

58. AGN, Intestados, vol. 309, exp. 10, fols. 366–385.

59. Like many other settlers, López was from the second generation of emigrants from Spain. His father came from Castile but his mother, doña María de Sotomayor, grew up in Mexico City. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 148–154v.

60. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 138–139v.

61. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 60–62v.

62. AGN, Tierras, vol. 3308, exp. 1, fols. 1–675. vol. 3322, exp. 3 and 4. See also vol. 3179, exp. 1.

63. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 201–204.

64. INAH, Fondo Franciscano, vol. 48, fols, 11v-12; AGNM, Xochimilco; vol. 2 (second foliation) fols. 5–7v.

65. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 71–73v.

66. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 74–76v, 114–116v, 98v-103, 105–107v.

67. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 7–8, 13–14v, 67–68, 138–139v, 146–147; Latin American Library [hereafter LAL) Tulane University, New Orleans, Viceregal Ecclesiastical Mexican Collection [hereafter VEMC], Leg. 46, exp. 8 (folder 1 of 2), no foliation but dated May 1, 1696.

68. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 98v-103.

69. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 146–147.

70. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 15–16v, 63–64v, 87–88v.

71. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 103–104v.

72. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 133–134.

73. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fol. 141v.

74. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 69v, 166–167.

75. Cope, Limits of Racial Domination, p. 10. Note the contrast with Toluca in the late sixteenth century where, as Lockhart notes, wealthy Spaniards came to be concentrated in the town center. Lockhart, “Capital and Province, Spaniard and Indian,” p. 113.

76. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 133–134, 146–147, 173v-175, 197–198.

77. AGN, Genealogía [microfilm], vol. 1855, no foliation (the date given is November 22, 1601). On the requirements for marriage, see Seed, Patricia, To Love, Honor, and Obey in Colonial Mexico: Conflicts over Marriage Choice, 1574–1821 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1988), pp. 75–78 Google Scholar.

78. AGN, Genealogía [microfilm], vol. 1865, no foliation. See the entries for February 16 and March 6, 1642.

79. AGN, Matrimonios, vol. 45, exp. 56, fol. 240; vol. 90, exp. 37, fols. 94–96v.

80. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1 (second foliation), fols. 59v-68v.

81. AGN, Criminal, vol. 234, exp. 3, fols. 38–38v; Lewis, Hall of Mirrors, pp. 46–48. See also Haskett, Indigenous Rulers, pp. 149–150.

82. AGN, Criminal, vol. 49, exp. 21, fols. 284–290v.

83. AGN, Criminal, vol. 49, exp. 21, fol. 290v.

84. For cases related to amancebado (an intimate relationship outside of wedlock) involving Josepha Ortiz and Juan de Orozco, see AGN, Bienes Nacionales, vol. 596, exp. 42 and 43.

85. In one instance, Franciscan friars expressed worries over men and women bathing together at a temascal (bathhouse). AGN, Genealogía, vol. 1796.

86. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 98v-103, 105–107v.

87. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 175–177.

88. AGN, Indios, vol. 26, cuad. 1, exp. 25, fols. 24–24v, vol. 27, exp. 322, fols. 216v-217, vol. 30, exp. 248, fols. 232–232v; AGN, Criminal, vol. 48, exp. 30, fols. 508–510v, 512.

89. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 5–6, 99v; AGN, Criminal, vol. 132. exp. 10, fol. 555.

90. Bartolomé may have been related to one Alonso de Zamudio, who had previously presided over a 1622 residencia, a routine investigation at the end of an official’s tenure. AGN, Historia, vol. 36, exp. 2, fols. 95–196v.

91. AGN, Criminal, vol. 48, exp. 30, fols. 519, 550.

92. AGN, Criminal, vol. 49, exp. 1, fols. 1–44.

93. AGN, Criminal, vol. 232, exp. 14, fols. 333, 337v, 338v.

94. In the same year, Nicolás de Trujillo was appointed as legal representative for a youngster by the teniente Agustín de Trujillo. Perhaps the two men were related. AGN, Criminal, vol. 232, exp. 14, fols. 331v-332.

95. AGN, Criminal, vol. 132. exp. 10, fol. 555.

96. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 21–23, 166–167, 183–184v, 214–217v; vol. 1 (second foliation), fols. 22–24, 35–36v.

97. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fol. 108v.

98. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 21–23v.

99. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 85–86v; LAL, VEMC, leg. 46, exp. 8 (folder 1 of 2), no foliation (dated December 23, 1699).

100. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 213–214.

101. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 19–20v, 68–68v, 81v-82.

102. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 158v-159.

103. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 33–34v, 41–42v.

104. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 3–4v, 80v, 148–154v, 203.

105. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 84–84v, vol. 1 (second foliation), fols. 20–21.

106. AGN, Tierras, vol. 2913, exp. 8, fols. 218–224.

107. AGN, Genealogía [microfilm], vol. 1795. For the specific entry, see the second set of records, fol. 92v.

108. Among the properties inherited by his children was a two-story house, a sign of wealth. AGN, Indios, vol. 19, exp. 441, fol. 249v; AGN, Tribunal Superior de Justicia del Distrito Federal – Colonial, Alcalde del Crimen, Serie Civil, caja 7B, exp. 48, fols. 4, 15, 35–37.

109. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 27v-28v, 69–70v.

110. Kuznesof, “Ethnic and Gender Influences on ‘Spanish’ Creole Society in Colonial Spanish America,” p. 163.

111. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 21–23v.

112. AGN, Indios, vol. 19, exp. 441, fols. 249v.

113. Sebastián de Covarrubias Orozco, Tesoro de la lengua castellana o española (Madrid: Editorial Castalia, S.A., 1995), 896; INAH, Fondo Franciscano, vol. 136, fol. 123.

114. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 232–233, 311v-312v.

115. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 27v-28v; AGN, Matrimonios, vol 25, exp. 13, fols. 105–109; AGN, Inquisición, vol. 816, exp. 17, fols. 387–390, vol. 866, fols. 378–400, vol. 886, exp. 22, fols. 162–163, vol. 893, fols. 1–221, 381–389.

116. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 69–70v.

117. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1 (second foliation), fols. 39v-10v, 40v-41v; AGNM, Notary Number 392, Antonio Alejo Mendoza, vol. 2603 (second foliation), fols. 24–25v.

118. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1 (second foliation), fols. 46–50v.

119. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 273–273v.

120. AGNM, Notary Number 392, Antonio Alejo Mendoza, vol. 2603 (second foliation), fols. 27v-29v.

121. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 104v-105. He also served as a witness to notarial contracts, one of which involved the wealthy peninsular Spanish landowner Francisco de Olmedo y Lujan. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 29–30, 217v-219.

122. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 43–43v.

123. On Spaniards being elected to the governorships of some of the larger towns in Cuernavaca’s jurisdiction, see Haskett, Indigenous Rulers, 139.

124. AGN, Reales Cédulas Duplicadas, vol. 15, exp. 179, fol. 141v; AGN, Indios, vol. 12, la pte., exp. 180, fols. 116–116v; vol. 30, exp. 241, fols. 227v-228v and exp. 248, fols. 232–232v.

125. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1 (second foliation), fol. 46v.

126. Don Antonio held this office in 1703, 1704, 1707, 1708, 1716, 1720, and 1722. He may have done so in other years, too; we lack information for several of them. AGN, Indios, vol. 44, exp. 76, fols. 105v-106, vol. 47, exp. 26, fols. 42–43v; AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 85–86v, 96–97, 112v-113v, 113v-114, 155–156, 172–173v, 195–196v, 226v-229, 274–275v, 299–301 (second foliation), 12–13v, 21–22, 57–59v. See also Pérez Zevallos, Xochimilco ayer, vol. 2, pp. 72–73.

127. AGN, Indios, vol. 44, exp. 76, fols. 105v-106; AGN, Tribunal Superior de Justicia del Distrito Federal—Colonial, Alcalde del Crimen, Serie Civil, caja 31A, exp. 49.

128. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 135v-136v.

129. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 172–173v; AGNM, Not. 392, Antonio Alejo Mendoza, vol. 2603 (fifth foliation), fols. 7v-10.

130. AGN, Indios, vol. 44, exp. 76, fols. 105v-106.

131. Yannakakis, Yanna, The Art of Being In-Between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca (Durham: Duke University Press, 2008)CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Metcalf, Alida, Go-Betweens and the Colonization of Brazil, 1500–1600 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006)Google Scholar.

132. INAH, Fondo Franciscano, vol. 48, fols. 7, 19–19v.

133. Horn, Postconquest Coyoacan and “Testaments and Trade”; Lockhart, “Capital and Province, Spaniard and Indian,” p. 113.

134. AGNM, Xochimilco, vol. 1, fols. 51–51v.