M

Macuilsúchil (town), 167 n

Maize:

as tribute commodity, 104 , 105 -106;

Table 1.3, 106 -115 passim, 117 , 123 ;

amount and value as tribute, 1646, Table 1.4B, 122 , and 123 n;

as staple pre-Conquest crop, 134 -135;

rations, Indian laborers, 1555, 164 , 165 ;

caloric values, 164 n;

productivity, 165 -167;

yields, 165 -166;

yields of hybrid maize, 166 n;

yields compared to wheat, 169

Maldonado, Licenciado (oidor ), 174

Malinaltepec (town), 139 n

Mancera, Viceroy, 128

Marriage:

interethnic, in mission registers, 267 -278;

non-Indian intermarriage, 277 , 298 ; 304 -310, Table 3.11, passim;

recorded in mission registers, 278 -310;

Pauline Dispensation, 279 ;

and conversion to Christianity, 279 -282;

Christian marriages of Indian converts, Table 3.9, 282 -286, 286 -287;

remarriage and mortality in missions, 287 -298 and Table 3.10A;

remarriage among non-Indians, 298 -304 and Table 3.10B

Martín Enríquez, Viceroy, 124 , 175 and note

Maya Indians, 149

Mendizábal, Miguel Othón de, 129 , 130

Mérida:

caja , 9

Mestization, 261

Metabolism: see Caloric consumption

Mexico, Archbishopric, 280

Mexico, Audiencia, 3 n;

treasury, 6 ;

tribute administration, 1625-1650, 8 ;

coverage in 1646 tribute report, 9 -11;

Indian population, 1568, 1595, 1620-1625, 1646, 95 -100

Mexico, Bishopric, 2

Mexico City:

Indian suburbs, tributes, 106 ;

alcabala farm, 1646, Table 1.4A, 118 ;

and water resources, 169

Mexico:

infant mortality in Porfirian era, 241 -241, 266

Mexico, Valley of, 132 , 135 , 139 , 164 , 165 , 171 and note

Mezquital Valley, 129 , 132 , 139 , 163 and note

Michoacán, Bishopric, 2

Militia service:

by free people of color, 124

Minnesota, University of, 160

Miranda, José, 2

Mission La Soledad, 181 , 183 and note;

Table 3.1, 195 ;

Table 3.2, 201 -202;

Table 3.3, 208 ;

Figure 3.1, 251 ;

Figure 3.2, 253 ;

Figure 3.3, 255 ;

Figure 3.4, 257 , 258 ;

Table 3.8B, 273 ;

Table 3.9, 285 ;

Table 3.10A, 295 ; 303 n

Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, 182 , 194 n

Mission Nuestra Señora Dolorosísima de la Soledad: see Mission La Soledad

Mission registers: see Demographic materials

Mission San Antonio de Padua, 181 , 183 and note, 194 ; 195 and Table 3.1; 196 ;

Table 3.2, 202 -203;

Table 3.3, 208 ;

Figure 3.1, 251 ;

Figure 3.2, 253 ;

Figure 3.3, 255 ;

Figure 3.4, 257 ; 259 -260;

Table 3.8B, 274 ; 282 ;

Table 3.9, 285 ;

Table 3.10A, 296 ; 303 n

Mission San Carlos Borromeo, 181 , 182 , 187 , 188 -192, 193 , 194 ;

Table 3.1, 195 ; 196 ;

Table 3.2, 201 ;

Table 3.3, 208 ; 211 ;

Table 3.4A, 216 ; 220 ;

Table 3.4B, 222 ;

Table 3.5, 226 ; 230 , 231 ;

Table 3.6, 236 ; 239 , 240 , 243 ;

Table 3.7, 243 ; 244 , 246 ;

Figure 3.1, 251 ;

Figure 3.2, 253 ;

Figure 3.3, 255 ;

Figure 3.4, 257 ; 259 , 260 , 262 ; 263 -264, Table 3.8A; 265 , 266 ;

Table 3.8B, 271 ; 277 ;

Table 3.9, 284 ;

Table 3.10A, 294 ; 298 ;

Table 3.10B, 302 ; 304 ;

Table 3.11, 308

Mission San Francisco de Asís: see Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores

Mission San Francisco de Solano, 179

Mission San José, 181 n, 182 , 183 , 194 n

Mission San Juan Bautista, 181 , 193 , 195 and Table 3.1;

Table 3.2, 200 ;

Table 3.3, 208 ; 210 ;

Table 3.4A, 215 ;

Table 3.4B, 221 ; 223 ;

Table 3.5, 226 ;

Table 3.6, 235 ;

Table 3.7, 246 ;

Figure 3.1, 250 ;

Figure 3.2, 252 ;

Figure 3.3, 254 ;

Figure 3.4, 256 ;

Table 3.8B, 272 ;

Table 3.9, 284 ;

Table 3.10B, 301 ; 304 ;

Table 3.11, 307 ; 310

Mission San Luis Obispo, 181 , 183 -184, 194 ;

Table 3.1, 195 ; 196 ;

Table 3.2,

204 ;

Table 3.3, 209 ; 211 ;

Table 3.4A, 218 ; 220 ;

Table 3.4B, 222 ; 223 ;

Table 3.5, 228 ; 230 ;

Table 3.6, 238 ; 240 , 243 ;

Table 3.7, 244 ; 247 ;

Figure 3.1, 251 ;

Figure 3.2, 253 ;

Figure 3.3, 255 ;

Figure 3.4, 257 ; 259 , 260 ;

Table 3.8B, 276 ;

Table 3.9, 286 ;

Table 3.10A, 297 ; 303 n

Mission San Miguel Arcángel, 181 , 183 and notes, 194 ;

Table 3.1, 195 ;

Table 3.2, 203 ;

Table 3.3, 209 ; 210 ;

Table 3.4A, 217 ; 220 ;

Table 3.4B, 222 ; 223 ;

Table 3.5, 227 ;

Table 3.6, 237 ; 243 ;

Table 3.7, 247 ;

Figure 3.1, 251 ;

Figure 3.2, 253 ;

Figure 3.3, 255 ;

Figure 3.4, 257 ;

Table 3.8B, 275 ; 303 n

Mission Santa Clara, 181 , 183 , 195 ;

Table 3.1, 196 ;

Table 3.2, 198 ; 205 ;

Table 3.3, 206 -207; 211 ;

Table 3.4A, 213 , 219 ; 220 ;

Table 3.4B, 221 , 223 ;

Table 3.5, 225 , 228 ;

Table 3.6, 233 ; 239 , 240 , 243 ;

Table 3.7, 244 -245; 249 ;

Figure 3.1, 250 ;

Figure 3.2, 252 ;

Figure 3.3, 254 ;

Figure 3.4, 256 ; 258 , 262 , 263 -264 and Table 3.8A; 265 , 266 ;

Table 3.8B, 269 ; 278 , 281 ;

Table 3.9, 283 ;

Table 3.10A, 290 -291; 298 ;

Table 3.10B, 300 ; 304 ;

Table 3.11, 306

Mission Santa Cruz, 181 , 183 , 193 ;

Table 3.1, 195 , 196 ;

Table 3.2, 199 ;

Table 3.3, 206 -207;

Table 3.4A, 214 ; 220 ;

Table 3.4B, 221 ;

Table 3.5, 225 ; 229 ;

Table 3.6, 234 ;

Table 3.7, 245 ;

Figure 3.1, 250 ;

Figure 3.2, 252 ;

Figure 3.3, 254 ;

Figure 3.4, 256 ; 262 , 263 ;

Table 3.8A, 264 ; 265 , 266 ;

Table 3.8B, 270 ; 277 ;

Table 3.9, 283 ;

Table 3.10A, 292 -293; 303 n

Missions:

function as parish churches, 177 ;

secularization, 178 ;

secularization of California missions, 182 , 186 , 190 , 261 -262;

foundation of, in California, 181 -182;

ethno-linguistic mixing in, 182 -183;

non-Indian population, 183 , 261 -278;

conversion of Indian gentiles, 192 -194;

age of Indian converts at baptism (summary), Table 3.2, 197 ;

age at death of Indian gentiles, Table 3.3, 206 -209;

survivorship of Indian converts, 210 ;

survival of converted gentiles, Tables 3.4A, 3.4B, 3.5, 210 -229 and passim;

effects on Indian mortality, vs. civil administration, 211 ;

Mortality of mission-born Indians, Table 3.6, 232 -238;

infant mortality, 239 -243;

life tables for selected cohorts, Table 3.7, 244 -247;

life expectancy of mission-born Indians compared to gentile converts, 248 ;

birth rates in missions, 248 -260;

use of term adult, defined, 249 ;

ratio of births to adult female and total populations, Figures 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 250 -257;

variation in natality among missions, 249 , 258 -260;

marriage among Indians, 278 -310;

marriage and conversion to Christianity, 279 -282;

Christian marriages of Indian converts, Table 3.9, 282 -286;

remarriage and mortality, 287 -298; and Table 3.10A;

remarriage among non-Indians, 298 -304, and Table 3.10B;

marriage among non-Indians, and interethnic marriage, 298 , 304 -310, and Table 3.11.

Se also specific missions by name

Mitla, 139 and note

Mitlantongo (town), 139 n

Miwok Indians, 182

Mixteca Alta, 2 , 8 -9, 13 , 101 , 169

Monterey, 182 , 183 , 298

Monterey, Presidio, 248 n, 262

Monterey Bay, 183

Morin, Claude, 3

Mortality:

normal among aboriginal groups, compared to Tulare Indians, 204 ;

age at death of Indian gentiles, Table 3.3, 206 -209;

and analysis of survivorship, 210 ;

years survived by baptized gentiles, Tables 3.4A, 3.4B, 3.5, 210 -229 and passim;

among mission-born Indians, 231 ;

baptisms and deaths among mission-born Indians, by cohorts, Table 3.6, 232 -238;

infant mortality, 239 -243;

compared to modern U.S., 18th-century France, and Porfirian Mexico, 240 -242;

life tables for selected cohorts, Table 3.7, 244 -247;

life expectancy of mission-born Indians compared to gentile converts, 248 ;

non-Indian population, Table 3.8A, 263 -264;

non-Indian infant mortality, 266 -267;

and remarriage in missions, 287 -298, and Table 3.10A;

remarriage among non-Indians, 298 -304, and Table 3.10B

Motolinía (Fray Toribio de Benavente), 162