the first time since the riot, but the sessions of the audiencia were not resumed until the 30th.[1] On this latter date the viceroy made a full report to the crown of the riot and of his subsequent measures, which were approved.[2]
Habitual intoxication among the natives was justly regarded as one of the chief causes of the late outbreak, and the use or sale of pulque in the city was strictly forbidden, though the order was little regarded, and to deprive the natives of a beverage to the use of which they had been accustomed from childhood was a measure of doubtful policy.[3] On the 19th of July, the day on which the manufacture and sale of the liquor was prohibited throughout New Spain under heavy penalties,[4] a mestizo was whipped in the capital for having in his possession a pitcher of pulque.[5] In a few years, however, its use and sale were again permitted.[6]
Neither stalls nor booths were again allowed to be erected in the plaza, and in their place a spacious
- ↑ The cabildo had selected as temporary council rooms the new hall of the public granary, and the audiencia occupied a portion of the palace. Parian, Col. Doc., 11-13, in Varios Impresos, i.; Robles, Diario, ii. 102.
- ↑ Parian, Col. Doc., 14; Rivera, Gob. Mex. i. 275. Galve suspended the captain of the palace guard and sent him to the fortress of Ulúa, pending the investigation of his conduct. This act caused no little surprise and comment, as his conduct on the evening of the riot was generally applauded. Carta de un Religioso, 388-9. Moreover it was remarked that during the riot the viceroy had remained securely guarded within the walls of a convent. The captain was reinstated. Robles, Diario, ii. 96, 100.
- ↑ The viceroy had previously written to the king in regard to its evil effects, but nothing appears to have been done. Sigüenza y Góngora, Carta, MS., 78. Cavo, Tres Siglos, ii. 82-3, believes that a book written about this time on the evils caused by the excessive use of pulque was due to the influence of Viceroy Galve. See also Robles, Diario, ii. 96-7.
- ↑ The penalty for Spaniards was 200 pesos, and for Indians, whipping and hard labor. Robles, Diario, ii. 103-4.
- ↑ During August the use of mattings in the plaza was prohibited, and on the 15th of this month all roofs composed of shingles were ordered to be removed within 24 hours. All natives were forbidden to appear in the streets of the capital after dark; and a few days later they were forbidden to wear shoes or cloaks. Mestizos were compelled to present themselves, and were not allowed to carry swords. Robles, Diario, ii. 103-4. According to Cavo, Tres Siglos, ii. 82, the Indians were compelled to cut off their forelock, and thereafter to conform to the native custom in the manner of wearing their hair and dress.
- ↑ The baratillo was not finally abolished until 1696. Cédulas Reales, MS., ii. 173.
