Historical Dictionary of Guatemala by Fry Michael F.;

Author:Fry, Michael F.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2012-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

INDIOS MECAPALEROS

Indigenous porters, often using the mecapal, used by colonial authorities and merchants.

See ESCOTEROS; INDIOS DE SERVICIO; NABORÍA; TAMEME; TAPIÁN; TEQUETINES.

INDIOS DE SERVICIO

In the early colonial period, indigenous men who were forced to build and repair the houses of the encomenderos as a form of tribute. The term also applied to indigenous women who served as house servants or wet nurses for the encomenderos.

See also ESCOTEROS; INDIOS MECAPALEROS; NABORÍA; TAMEME; TAPIÁN; TEQUETINES.

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