Region X
Colima–Nayarit. Actually this region includes Colima, a small part of Michoacán, western Jalisco, and Nayarit. It is large but relatively homogeneous ecologically. The topography and climate vary widely, ranging from temperate valleys, at altitudes of 1000 to 1200 meters, to hot coastal plain. Region X lay partly in the Audiencia of Nueva Galicia and partly in the Audiencia of Mexico, and we have to treat the data as we did for Region IX. Table 1.1, Region X, parts A–E lists the data for the towns in the Audiencia of Mexico. Part A lists 51 places which occur in both the 1568 and 1646 reporting. They include the Autlán–Tuscacuesco area of Jalisco, the entire state of Colima, and the Motines area of western Michoacán. They do not include coastal Jalisco, Nayarit, or Sinaloa. In 1568 the population of these 51 places is 15,892; in 1646 it is 5,692. The ratio 1646/1568 is 0.358. Part B shows 7 places found in the 1646 report but not in the 1568 list. The population of these 7 places is 317, making the total for the 1646 list 6,009. Conversely, part C lists towns in the 1568 reporting but not in that for 1646; there are 57 such places, all within New Spain. (The remainder of the towns, which were in Nueva Galicia, have been omitted.) The total 1568 population of these
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57 places is 10,528. The aggregate for 1568 would be 15,892 plus 10,528, or 26,420, of which the towns omitted from the 1646 report would account for 39.8%.
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TABLE 1.1, REGION X, PART A | Towns Found in Both 1568 and 1646 Lists | Name | Loc. | Population
in 1568 | Population
in 1646 | Ratio | Acatlán | Col. | 124 | 82 | .661 | Ahuacatitlán | Col. | 168 | 19 | .113 | Alcozahue | Col. | 127 | 46 | .363 | Almoloya | Col. | 53 | 36 | .680 | Atenguillo | Jal. | 1,690 | 167 | .099 | Atengo | Jal. | 685 | 65 | .095 | Atliacapan | Col. | 144 | 26 | .181 | Ayuquilla | Jal. | 119 | 48 | .403 | Ayutitlán | Jal. | 246 | 65 | .264 | Ayutla | Jal. | 557 | 192 | .345 | Chiametla | Col. | 198 | 44 | .222 | Chipiltitlán | Jal. | 157 | 70 | .446 | Coatlán | Col. | 78 | 27 | .346 | Comala | Col. | 257 | 150 | .584 | Cuzalapa | Jal. | 244 | 287 | 1.177 | Ixtlahuacán | Col. | 243 | 145 | .595 | Juluapan, Zumpamanique | Col. | 363 | 148 | .408 | Malacatlán | Col. | 56 | 44 | .786 | Milpa and Matlán | Jal. | 970 | 102 | .105 | Nahuala | Col. | 225 | 150 | .667 | Ocotlán | Col. | 622 | 27 | .043 | Petlatlán | Col. | 113 | 24 | .212 | Popoyutla | Col. | 56 | 25 | .447 | Quezalapa | Col. | 114 | 102 | .895 | Salagua | Col. | 130 | 37 | .285 | Tamala | Col. | 72 | 63 | .875 | Tecociapa | Col. | 141 | 53 | .376 | Tecocitlán | Col. | 247 | 226 | .915 | Tecolapa and Cajitlán | Col. | 241 | 65 | .270 | Tecolotlán | Jal. | 263 | 131 | .498 |
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Name | Loc. | Population
in 1568 | Population
in 1646 | Ratio | Tecomán | Col. | 154 | 56 | .364 | Tecuxuacan | Col. | 418 | 49 | .117 | Tenamaxtlán | Jal. | 123 | 136 | 1.105 | Tepetitango | Col. | 347 | 29 | .084 | Tequepa | Col. | 154 | 34 | .221 | Teutitlán | Jal. | 198 | 29 | .147 | Tlacaloastla | Col. | 86 | 20 | .233 | Tlaquaban | Col. | 50 | 48 | .960 | Tototlán | Col. | 55 | 56 | 1.018 | Totolmoloya | Col. | 40 | 34 | .850 | Tuxcacuesco | Jal. | 558 | 352 | .631 | Xicotlán | Col. | 165 | 24 | .145 | Xiloteupan | Col. | 97 | 17 | .175 | Zacapala | Jal. | 87 | 54 | .621 | Zapotitlán, Amula | Jal. | 1,226 | 836 | .682 | Zihuatlan | Col. | 88 | 41 | .466 | Zoquimatlán | Col. | 85 | 133 | 1.565 | Motines: | Col. and Mich. | Aquila | | 287 | 77 | .268 | Coalcomán | | 884 | 258 | .292 | Maquili | | 371 | 148 | .399 | Zinacamitlán, et al . | | 1,716 | 595 | .347 | Total | 15,892 | 5,692 | 0.358 | Number of cases | 51 |
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TABLE 1.1, REGION X, PART B | Towns on the 1646 list for which there is no corresponding figure for 1568, or which should be omitted from Part A, for various reasons . | Name | Loc. | Population
in 1646 | Comment | Cueyatlán | Col. | 20 | Not in 1568 list | Ixtlahuacán | Col. | 153 | Not in 1568 list | Izatlán | Jal. | 19 | In 1568 included other towns |
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Name | Loc. | Population
in 1646 | Comment | Tecocitlán | Col. | 34 | Not in 1568 list | Tepetlica | Col. | 22 | Not in 1568 list | Zacualpan | Col. | 46 | Not in 1568 list | Zapotlanejo | Col. | 23 | Not in 1568 list | Total | 317 | Number of cases | 7 |
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TABLE 1.1, REGION X, PART C | Towns on the 1568 list for which a population is given but which are not found on the 1646 list. Towns on the 1568 list for which no separate population is given are omitted. | Name | Loc. | Population
in 1568 | Part I . | Towns in southwestern Jalisco, Colima, and southwestern Michoacan. To be equated with the 1646 list in Nueva España . | Acatlán | Col. | 124 | Ahuacapan, Mixtlán Tecomantlán | Jal. | 622 | Ahuacatlán | Jal. | 648 | Ahuacatitlán | Col. | 44 | Ahuatitlán | Col. | 155 | Alima | Col. | 108 | Ameca | Col. | 58 | Apamila | Jal. | 44 | Apatlán | Col. | 282 | Autlán | Jal. | 1,670 | Cacalutla | Col. | 58 | Cayamaca | Col. | 101 | Chalatipan | Col. | 144 | Chiapan | Col. | 101 | Coatlán | Col. | 374 | Contlán | Col. | 31 | Copala | Jal. | 224 |
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Name | Loc. | Population
in 1568 | Coxiutlán | Col. | 79 | Coyutlán | Jal. | 40 | Coyutlán | Col. | 110 | Cuzcatlán | Col. | 366 | Ecatlán | Col. | 149 | Espuchiapa | Col. | 19 | Estapa | Col. | 58 | Estapa | Col. | 73 | Gualoxa | Mich. | 84 | Huepantitlán | Col. | 42 | Ixcatlán | Col. | 19 | Mahuala | Col. | 115 | Maloastla | Col. | 55 | Mascota | Jal. | 225 | Mixtanejo | Col. | 26 | Moxuma | Col. | 863 | Naopala | Col. | 52 | Petlazoneca | Col. | 150 | Pomayagua | Col. | 71 | Puchutitlán | Col. | 432 | Tapazoneca | Col. | 79 | Tecociapa | Col. | 141 | Temacatipan | Col. | 110 | Tepehuacán | Col. | 60 | Tepitango | Col. | 103 | Tezontlán | Col. | 235 | Tezuacán | Col. | 32 | Tezuatlán | Mich. | 92 | Tlacalnagua | Col. | 28 | Tlacavanas | Mich. | 85 | Tlapuma | Jal. | 74 | Tlila | Col. | 32 | Tototlán | Col. | 46 | Xaltepozotlán | Col. | 66 | Xocotlán | Col. | 147 | Zaliguacan | Col. | 662 |
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Name | Loc. | Population
in 1568 | Zautlán | Col. | 43 | Zayula | Col. | 129 | Zecamachantla | Col. | 139 | Zoyatlán | Col. | 409 | Total | 10,528 | Number of cases | 57 | Part II . | Towns in coastal Jalisco, Nayarit, and Sinaloa. All towns in coastal Jalisco (Banderas, Purificación), and the states of Nayarit and Sinaloa were in Nueva Galicia and hence must be omitted from consideration, since none of them were reported in the 1646 list. |
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We calculate the probable true population of Region X (i.e., that portion lying within New Spain) by using proportions and assuming that the ratio between the two sets of data was the same for all towns alike (in totals). This would mean that 26,420 × 0.358 = 9,458. The difference between this value and that of the actual list (6,009) is relatively moderate.
Our use of 1595 data is in parts D and E. Part D shows the population of 17 places which occur in both the 1568 and 1595 reporting. The total of the former is 5,338 and of the latter 4,193, most of the difference being referable to Autlán alone. The ratio is 0.786. By proportion, the entire Indian population of this portion of Region X in 1595 would be 26,420 × 0.786 = 20,766. Part E shows similar data for 1595 and 1646, with 13 places. Here the totals are respectively 3,441 and 1,242, and the ratio 1646/1595 is 0.361. The entire Indian population in 1595 of this portion of Region X, calculated from the 1646 data (6,009 ÷ 0.361), would be 16,645. This result differs moderately from that obtained from the 1568 data.
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TABLE 1.1, REGION X, PART D | Towns Found in Both 1568 and 1595 Lists | Name | Loc. | Population
in 1568 | Population
in 1595 | Ratio | Ahuacatitlán | Col. | 168 | 85 | .506 | Alcozahue | Col. | 127 | 203 | 1.598 | Atengo | Jal. | 685 | 693 | 1.011 | Autlán | Jal. | 1,670 | 310 | .186 | Ayuquila | Jal. | 119 | 40 | .336 | Ayutitlán | Jal. | 246 | 356 | 1.448 | Ayutla | Jal. | 557 | 377 | .677 | Comala | Col. | 257 | 382 | 1.488 | Chiapan | Col. | 101 | 126 | 1.247 | Chipiltitlán | Jal. | 157 | 65 | .414 | Ixtlahuacán | Col. | 243 | 632 | 2.600 | Popoyutla | Col. | 56 | 42 | .750 | Tecocitlán | Col. | 247 | 240 | .972 | Tenamaxtlán | Jal. | 123 | 225 | 1.830 | Tlacoloaxtla | Col. | 86 | 141 | 1.640 | Zacapila | Jal. | 87 | 45 | .517 | Zoyatlán | Col. | 409 | 231 | .565 | Total | 5,338 | 4,193 | 0.786 | Number of cases | 17 |
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TABLE 1.1, REGION X, PART E | Towns Found in Both 1595 and 1646 Lists | Name | Loc. | Population
in 1595 | Population
in 1646 | Ratio | Alcozahue | Col. | 203 | 46 | .227 | Atengo | Jal. | 693 | 65 | .094 | Ayuquila | Jal. | 40 | 48 | 1.200 | Ayutitlán | Jal. | 356 | 65 | .106 | Ayutla | Jal. | 377 | 192 | .510 | Chipiltitlán | Jal. | 65 | 70 | 1.077 | Comala | Col. | 382 | 150 | .392 |
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Name | Loc. | Population
in 1595 | Population
in 1646 | Ratio | Ixtlahuacán | Col. | 632 | 145 | .229 | Popoyutla | Col. | 42 | 25 | .595 | Tecocitlán | Col. | 240 | 226 | .942 | Tenamaxtlán | Jal. | 225 | 136 | .605 | Tlacaloastla | Col. | 141 | 20 | .142 | Zacapila | Jal. | 45 | 54 | 1.200 | Total | 3,441 | 1,242 | 0.361 | Number of cases | 13 |
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