CHAPTER X. 

 1674—1696. 



RIVERA VICEROY. LA CERDA VICEROY. REVOLT IN NEW MEXI- 

 CO. SUCCESS OF THE INDIANS. COLONY DESTROYED. 



EFFORTS OF THE SPANIARDS TO RECONQUER. VERA CRUZ 



SACKED. COUNT MONCLOVA VICEROY. COUNT GALVE VICE- 

 ROY. TARRAHUMARIC REVOLT. INDIANS PACIFIED. TEXAS. 



HISPANIOLA ATTACKED. INSURRECTION BURNING OF THE 



PALACE. FAMINE EARTHQUAKE. 



Fray Payo Enriquez de Rivera, Archbishop of Mexico, 

 XXVII. Viceroy of New Spain. 



1674—1680. 



The Duke of Veraguas, as we have seen, enjoyed none of his 

 viceroyal honors save those which crowned his entrance into the 

 capital ; and as soon as his remains were temporarily interred in 

 the cathedral, Fray Payo Enriquez de Rivera assumed the reins of 

 government. 



This excellent prelate had fulfilled the functions of his bishopric, 

 for nine years, in Guatemala, so satisfactorily to the masses, that 

 his elevation to supreme power in Mexico was hailed as a national 

 blessing. He devoted himself from the first, diligently, to the 

 adornment of the capital and the just and impartial administration 

 of public affairs. He improved the roads , and entrances into the 

 city ; and, by his moderation, justice and mildness, united with 

 liberality and economy, raised the reputation of his government to 

 such a degree of popular favor that, in the annals of New Spain, it 

 is referred to as a model public administration. 



In 1677, by the orders of the queen regent, Rivera, despatched a 

 colony to California; and in the following year, Charles II., who 

 had attained his majority, signified his gratitude to the viceroy for 

 his paternal government of New Spain, as well as for the care he 



