Note 1 — Spanish Insular Government
Reading edition
In the early days of Mexican conquest, the conquered land was apportioned to the warriors under the name of Repartimentos, but such divisions included the absolute possession of the natives as slaves (vide “La vida y escritos del P. Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Obispo de Chiapa,” by Antonio Maria Fabié, Colonial Minister in the Cánovas Cabinet of 1890 Madrid).