Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 8 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 8

The Count of Lemos also exerted himself in defence of the Indians. He prohibited the abuse of having what were called Indios de faltriquera, or supernumeraries, forcibly carried off to be ready to serve in place of any who might be able to buy themselves off. He reduced the mz'ita at Potosi from to and he went so far as to urge that the mz'ita should be entirely abolished, and that the mines should be worked by voluntary labor. The viceroy was attacked by a dangerous illness at Lima, which carried him off, at the age of thirty-eight, on December 6, 1672. His body was buried in the church of San Pedro, while his heart was deposited in the Church of the Desamparados, at the foot of Our Lady of the Forsaken Ones. The countess returned to Spain with her children, and the senior judge took charge until the arrival of the Count of Castellar, the new viceroy.

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