ʻO kēia hacienda kahi ʻāpana o nā ʻāina a ka Crown i hāʻawi aku ai iā Cortés ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka inoa ʻo Marquis o ke awāwa ʻo Oaxaca.
Maʻaneʻi i hoʻokau ʻo Cortés i ka lua o ka wili i hoʻokumu ʻia ma NūI Sepania, a lilo pū me Orizaba, ka mea mana nui loa i ka vicioyalty.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma 1542, ua hoʻomaka kēia mīkini i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana kō ma Nūpepa Hou, a lilo ia i mea nui no ka waiwai o ke kalaunu Sepania. Mai kāna kumu i loaʻa ai ka hacienda i nā hale paʻa a ākea a me kahi wai wai nui, i ʻae iā ia e hoʻokō i ka nui o ka hana kō.
E like me nā haciendas ʻē aʻe o ka manawa, a puni kēia kahi kaiāulu me nā ʻano ʻokoʻa loa mai nā kaona India kahiko i hoʻokumu ʻia. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki i kēia mau mea ke kūʻē i ka hana nui a ka wili e koi ai, ua hoʻolauna ʻia nā kauā o ʻApelika mai ka Antilles, i hui koke ʻia, ʻo ka hapanui me ka lāhui ʻōiwi, e hāpai ana i kahi kime hou ma Nu Sepania. ʻIke ʻia i kēlā manawa, loaʻa iā Cortés ma kahi o 60 mau ʻeleʻele, ma waena o nā kāne a me nā wahine, a me kahi o 120 mau kauā India no nā hana ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī.
Ua hoʻomau ʻia kēia hacienda i ka lima o nā hoʻoilina o Cortés a hiki i ka hoʻomaka o ke kenekulia 20, a i kēia lā ua lako pono ʻia nā pono hana e like me ka hōkele a me kahi ākea no nā ʻano hanana like ʻole.
Punawai: Aeroméxico Tips No. 23 Morelos / spring 2002
