ʻO ka haipule i komo i nā panalāʻau i noho ʻole ʻia o ka ʻĀkau o Nu Sepania i ka manaʻo o ka hoʻohuli ʻana i nā lāhui "barbarian" i Kristiano a pēlā nō hoʻi e hoʻohui ai iā lākou i loko o ka nohona politika, a laila loaʻa nā kula a me nā kūlanakauhale i kūkulu mua ʻia e lākou.
No ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia mau pahuhopu, hele mau nā mākua, me nā pūʻali koa, i nā ʻāina ʻē a hāʻawi iā lākou i ka pale mai ka hale pule a me ka kalaunu Sepania no ke kiʻi ʻana i ka naʻau Kalikiano. ʻO nā ʻĀina i ʻae, ʻākoakoa e kūkulu i kahi mikionali, e lilo i puʻuhonua no nā Indians a me kahi e aʻo ai i nā ʻenehana ʻEulopa o ka mahiʻai a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe.
I ka pau ʻana o ka pacification, lilo ka mikionali i kūlanakauhale hou me kahi hale pule, ʻoiai ua neʻe nā mikionali i kahi ʻē e hoʻomaka hou i kā lākou hana ʻeuanelio. Ua makaʻala kēia ʻōnaehana, no ka mea, kūpaʻa ka ʻĀnelani ʻākau i kekahi kūʻē, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻenemi ma mua o nā mea ma waenakonu, a holo lākou i ke kuahiwi.
Ua hana ka hoʻololi ʻana ma ke kumu o ka makana o nā ʻāina a me ka pale no nā Indians i pānaʻi no ka hoʻolohe. Ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia ka poʻe kūʻē, ʻo ka poʻe i hoʻonohonoho i nā kipi i make.
I ka manawa i hoʻākoakoa ʻia ai ka ʻohana ʻōiwi, ua hoʻohui ʻia kahi nucleus nui a poʻo poʻo paha, kahi o nā kaona a me nā kauhale e noho ana ma lalo ona. Ua noho nā mikionali ma ke poʻo o ka wai a mālama ʻia ma kahi o ʻelua mau kauhale kipa. ʻEkolu a ʻoi paha mau mikionali i kaukaʻi i ka rector a me kahi mākaʻikaʻi kūloko. Hoʻokumu like kēia mau hoʻokumu i kahi Panalāʻau.
ʻO ka mea mua, ua kūkulu ʻia kahi hale pule i hana ʻia i ka pōhaku a puni iā ia, me ka adobe, ua kūkulu ʻia nā hale no ka poʻe pule pule e hele ana e ʻeuanelio, ka lā, ka dice a me nā ʻohana ʻōiwi, a he kula nō hoʻi. I loko o nā ʻoihana i hiki iā mākou ke kāhea i kahi ʻano hoʻokele waiwai mua. He mau wahi kā lākou no ka mahi ʻana, kanu ʻāina, wehe alanui a me nā ʻauwai hoʻohainu; ka hānai ʻana i nā holoholona, nā mea kanu a me nā hana noʻeau. I loko o nā kula ua aʻo ʻia ka catechism, ka heluhelu ʻana, ke kākau ʻana a me ke mele.
I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, haʻalele loa ʻia kekahi mau mikiona ma muli o nā hanana like ʻole, e like me ka kipaku ʻia ʻana o ka Iesu Jesuits i ka makahiki 1767, ka laha ʻana o nā maʻi i lawe ʻia e ka Paniolo, nā hoʻouka kaua a nā "barbarian" Indians, nā kūlana anilā, nā wahi mamao loa. a me ke kālā liʻiliʻi e mālama ai iā lākou. Mālama ʻia kekahi i kēia lā e like me nā hale pule a ʻo nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i kēia manawa he poʻe nui. Eia nō naʻe, no kekahi mau mikionali ʻike wale ʻia ka pūnaewele o ko lākou wahi mua a ʻo kekahi poʻe e koe nā ʻōpala wale nō.
Ua hoʻokumu nā Jesuits i nā mikiona ma Baja Kaleponi Kalepona a me Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Nayarit ʻākau, ʻāpana o Durango a me Coahuila. Ma hope o ko lākou haʻalele ʻana, noho ʻo Dominicans ma ka akau o Baja Kaleponi, ʻoiai ua hoʻolaha nā Franciscans iā Tamaulipas a me Nuevo León a ua pani lākou i nā mikionali o ka Papa Loyola ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Baja Kaleponi, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Durango lāua ʻo Coahuila. Ma ke kikowaena waena, ma hope o ke kipi ʻana o ka Zacatecos - ka mea i pale aku i nā mikionali Franciscan mai ka hoʻomau ʻana aku - ua hoʻonohonoho nā kamaʻāina iā lākou iho i mau ʻaha kūkā.
I 1563 ua huakaʻi ʻo Kāpena Francisco de Ibarra i ka panalāʻau e pili ana i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Sinaloa i kēia manawa a hoʻokumu i kekahi mau kaona. Eia nō naʻe, ua liʻuliʻu kēia mau mea a ʻaʻole ia a hiki i 1591 ma o ke kauoha a ke kiaʻāina o Nueva Vizcaya, ua kauoha ʻia nā mākua Jesuit ʻo Gonzalo de Tapia a me Martín Pérez e hoʻolaha i ka ʻ āpana.
Ua hele ka haipule i ka Sierra Madre Occidental i Mei o kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, e komo ana ma o Acaponeta, Nayarit, a hele ma waena o Culiacán ua hōʻea lākou i kahi pūnaewele, a ma Iune 6, 1591 ua hoʻokumu lākou i ko lākou hale mua: San Felipe de Sinaloa.
