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last change than from the previous, for it prospered sufficiently to be endowed in 1593 with the title of city.[1] There were four other Spanish towns in the province and about three hundred native towns and villages.[2] The population suffered much less here from the epidemics of 1563 and 1575-6, thanks to the many hospitals erected by friars, and to which Quiroga had given impulse by his establishment at Santa Fé.[3]The memory of this good bishop is to this day venerated throughout the province for his
Arms of the City of Tzintzuntzan.
many beneficent acts and fatherly supervision, continued until his death in 1565, the fruits remaining as a bright example to his successors. Of gigantic stat-
- ↑ The above cut is from Beaumont, Crón. Mich., MS., app. Government buildings had been projected there as early as 1531. Salmeron, in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., xv. 451.
- ↑ With over 40,000 tribute-payers. The Spanish towns were San Miguel, San Felipe, Zacatula, and Colima. The last was made a villa in 1554, with the name of Santiago de los Caballeros. It suffered severely from a hurricane and earthquake on November 14, 1573. Ships were built at Salagua or Manzamillo. Cajitlan is also spoken of as a prominent town. Colima, Representacion, 5-7; Informe por Cabildo de Guad., in Icazbalceta, Col. Doc., ii. 507; Mota Padilla, Conq. N. Gal., 237.
- ↑ He left an income to support-it, with instructions for its management. Beaumont, Crón. Mich., v. 579-81.
