La rebelión de Tehuantepec en 1660

Resumen

These three letters are related to the Indian uprisings of 1660 that took place in Tehuantepec and nearby towns in Oaxaca. In the first, the Indian writers complain of excessive tributes of gold and cloth demanded by the Spaniards and collected by force of imprisonment and beatings. The second letter from a Spanish official tells how some six thousand Indians killed the Spanish mayor Juan de Avellán and some of his servants in an uprising in Tehuantepec. The writer notes that the Indians were still in unrest and not responsive to efforts of the clergy to quiet them. The third letter contains information from the Bishop, who relates that Monte Mayor y Cuenca had been given charge of punishing the Indians responsible for the uprising. The Bishop explains that the rebellion had been due to the unfair and harsh treatment given the Indians. In detail he notes how the new oidor, protected by the viceroy, has continued with the same excesses, against the orders of the King and in spite of the efforts of the clergy and others to protect the Indians.