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pineapples, and others, and some from Spain, so that it is provided 

 with everything. There are quantities of tiny winged things Hke 

 bees which shine at night and give out Hght; these occur in all the 

 hot, moist countries in the Indies. 



349. For clothing the Indians wear broad trousers, cotton under- 

 shirts, and white cloaks of linen or cotton, some of them striped, 

 which serve them as capes; they wear them fastened over the left 

 shoulder and under the right arm. The Indian women wear cotton 

 petticoats striped in different colors, which serve them as overskirts 

 or mantles, and over them guaypiles, which fall from the shoulders 

 to the ankles without sleeves, like surplices ; these come in different 

 colors. There are in this province 30 convents holding district 

 guardianships, and 131 villages under their charge, as will be detailed 

 in the following chapter, with all additional information under this 

 heading. 



I H S 



[Brief and Summary Account for His Most Excellent Lordship, 

 Viceroy of New Spain ; of the Number of Convents and Friars of 

 the Order of St. Francis in This Province of Yucatan, Occupied in 

 Ministering to the Indians, and How Many There Are of These 

 Latter, and Distributed in How Many Villages. Made in the Year 

 1609.] 



Chapter III 



Of the Number of Convents, Curacies (Dotrinas), and Indians 

 To Be Found in This Province. 

 350. 



In the city of Merida, capital of this Province and State, there is a convent with 

 12 friars, of whom 2 are engaged in ministering to the Indians; there are 2,600 

 professing Christians in this curacy, more rather than less, not counting children ; 

 they are divided up into 5 pastoral districts (visitas), and the outer ward of 

 Santo Cristobal 2,600 



In the town and port of Campeche : i convent, 4 friars ; 4 villages under 

 pastoral visits, 2,000 Indians under confessional instruction 2,000 



In the town of Valladolid, Spanish town : i convent, 4 friars ; 7 villages with 

 4,000 Indians under confessional instruction 4,000 



In the village of Conkal : i convent, 3 friars ; 6 villages, 3,500 Indians under 

 religious instruction 3,500 



In the village of Mani : i convent, 4 friars ; 3 villages, 5,000 Indians under 

 confessional instruction 5,ooo 



In the village of Izamal : i convent, 4 friars; 10 villages, 5,000 Indians under 

 religious instruction 5,000 



