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Maestro (maestre) de campo
In early times, an adjutant officer or the chief field officer (camp master). This was how the term was used both in Coronado's and in Oñate's time. By the end of the seventeenth century, "maestro de campo" was the title given to a field grade officer.
Mestizaje
Condition of being a mestizo.
Mestizo
Individual of mixed Indian-European ancestry.
Mozo
Servant; also, a son whose father has the same name ("junior"), e.g., Tomé el Mozo Domínguez de Mendoza.
Mulato (mulatto)
Individual of mixed African-European ancestry.
Nivil de albañil
Plum bob with attached wooden arm used in building.
Paraje
Camp or stop-over place.
Portería
Reception hall in a convent.
Procurador general
Chief supply officer of a Franciscan province or custodia.
Provincia (province)
An administrative unit of Spanish government, equivalent to a modern state (the province of New Mexico); also, a Franciscan administrative unit above that of custodia.
Provincial
The head of a Franciscan province.
Regidor
Councilor in a cabildo.
Residencia
Official inquiry taken at the end of the term of a governor or other officer.
Sambohijo (sambahigo)
Individual of mixed black-Indian ancestry.
Sargento mayor
Major in the army.
Tinaja
Pottery jar, especially for storage purposes.
Torreón
Defensive tower.
Villa
A chartered town. Santa Fe was the only villa in New Mexico throughout most of the seventeenth century.
Visita
A chapel used for intermittent celebration of the Mass; also, an inspection of a town, area, or encampment by official authority.
Visitador
An official inspector.

 

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General Index
A
Abalone.
See
Shell
Abó.
See
Tompiro
Abu Abd-Allah Muhammad, 11
Acculturation, pueblos in 17th cent., 206-09;
use of adobes, 207;
Span. crops, 207;
ovens, 207;
fireplaces, 207;
iron, use of, 208
Acoma:
Querechos near, 34;
in Oñate documents, 53;
clans in, 70;
missionaries assigned to, 70;

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