Hānau ʻia ʻo Frances Erskine Inglis a ma hope ua male iā Don Angel Calderón de la Barca, ua kaulana ʻo ia ma hope o ka lawe ʻana i ka inoa o kāna kāne, ke kuhina nui plenipotentiary o Sepania ma Mekiko, a ua huakaʻi i ko mākou ʻāina. Ma kēlā kūlanakauhale i male ʻo ia iā Calderón de la Barca.
Hānau ʻia ʻo Frances Erskine Inglis a ma hope ua male iā Don Angel Calderón de la Barca, ua kaulana ʻo ia ma hope o ka lawe ʻana i ka inoa o kāna kāne, ke kuhina nui plenipotentiary o Sepania ma Mekiko, a ua huakaʻi i ko mākou ʻāina. Ma kēlā kūlanakauhale i male ʻo ia iā Calderón de la Barca.
Ua hōʻea ʻo ia i Mekiko me ia ma ka hopena o Kēkēmapa 1839 a noho i ka ʻāina a hiki i Ianuali 1842. I loko o kēlā manawa, ua mālama ʻo Madame Calderón de la Barca i kahi leka uila me kona ʻohana, nāna i kōkua iā ia e paʻi i kahi puke kupaianaha, i haku ʻia me kanalimakūmāhā mau leka, i kapa ʻia ʻo Life in Mexico ma kahi noho o ʻelua mau makahiki i kēlā ʻāina, a ua paʻi ʻia hoʻi ma Ladana me kahi ʻōlelo pōkole na Prescott.
Noho kēia puke i kahi wahi poʻokela i ka papa inoa nui o nā puke a mākou i kapa aku ai he "huakaʻi" a i ʻole "nā huakaʻi ma Mekiko" a i loko o ke kumumanaʻo o nā puke o nā mea kākau haole i kū mai ma waena o 1844 a me 1860. Ua kapa ʻia ia, ʻo ia nō , Ke ola ma Mekiko i ka wā o kahi noho makahiki ʻelua i kēlā ʻāina.
ʻO Don Merri Romero de Terreros, ʻo Marquis o Kapalakiko ka mea mua nāna i hōʻike aku iā Madame Calderón i nā mea ʻōlelo Sepania, a nāna nō i mālama ka unuhi Sepania mua o Life ma Mekiko…, na Don Enrique ʻO Martínez Sobral, mai ka Royal Spanish Academy ma 1920. Ma mua a ma hope o ka unuhi ʻana, nui nā manaʻo Mexico, nā loiloi a me nā pilikino i hāʻawi i ko lākou manaʻo no kāna hana ma ke ʻano maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻole paha. No Don Manuel Toussaint, no ka laʻana, ua like ka puke me "ka wehewehe kikoʻī loa a me ka manaʻo nui o ko mākou ʻāina"; Manaʻo ʻo Manu Payno ʻaʻole he mea ʻē aʻe kāna mau leka ma mua o "satires" a me Altamirano, hoihoi, kākau ʻo ia "Ma hope o (Humboldt) kokoke i nā mea kākau āpau i hōʻino iā mākou, mai Löwerstern lāua ʻo Mrs. Calderón de la Barca, i nā mea kākau ʻAha ʻo Maximilian ”.
Eia nō naʻe, he kakaikahi nā pepa e pili ana iā ia, koe wale no ka mea nāna i hoʻolilo iā ia i Yucatecan kaulana, ʻo Justo Sierra O'Reilly, ka mea i kākau i kāna Diary, i ka wā o ka noho ʻana ma Wakinekona, kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e pili ana iā ia. "I ka huakaʻi mua i loaʻa iaʻu ka hanohano o ka uku ʻana iā Don Angel, ua hoʻolauna ʻo ia iaʻu iā Mrs. Calderón, kāna wahine. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Madama Calderón iaʻu ma ke ʻano he mea kākau, no ka mea ua heluhelu wau i kāna puke ma Mekiko, i kākau ʻia me ke kālena kūpono a me ka lokomaikaʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha maikaʻi kekahi o kāna mau manaʻo. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ʻo Madama Calderón me ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka lokomaikaʻi e kū pono ana iā ia a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi ka mālama ʻana i kāna pilikanaka. (…) ʻO kā lāua pili pili loa i ka manawa i lawe ʻia ai ʻo Don Angel i Mekiko i kona kūlana ma ke ʻano he kuhina nui a ʻo Madama Calderón i kahi kūlana e hāʻawi i kekahi mau manaʻo i hoʻoili ʻia i ke kiʻi āna i manaʻo ai e huki mai kēlā mau manaʻo. ʻAʻole wau i ʻike inā ua mihi ʻo ia i kekahi mau hahau i hāʻawi ʻia i loko o kēlā pena o Mekiko; ʻo ka mea hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo, ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia i nā ʻōlelo hoʻohiluhilu i kāna puke, a pale i ka manawa kūpono e kamaʻilio e pili ana. ʻO Madama Calderón kahi o ka ʻekena episkopal; ʻOiai ʻo ka noʻonoʻo a me ke akahele o kāna kāne ʻaʻole i ʻae iā ia e kuhikuhi i ka nānā iki ʻana i kēia, ʻaʻole ʻoiai ʻo Don Angel e hele ana i loko o ke ʻano ʻawaʻawa (ʻo kāna mau huaʻōlelo maoli) o ka hele pū ʻana me ia i nā Lāpule i ka puka o ka halepule Protestant, a laila hele ia i ka Katolika; akā naʻe, kanalua ʻole ka wahine maikaʻi i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo Katolika, no ka mea, ma mua iki o koʻu hōʻea ʻana i Wakinekona ua ʻae ʻo ia i ka pilina Roma. Ua haʻi mai ʻo Mr. Calderón de la Barca iaʻu e pili ana i kēia hanana me ka hoihoi maoli i hoʻohanohano i kona puʻuwai a hōʻoiaʻiʻo i kāna Kakolika maoli. Mākaukau ʻo Madame Calderón i nā ʻōlelo nui o kēia ao; ua aʻo ʻia ʻo ia me ka naʻau, a ʻo ia ka ʻuhane o ke kaiāulu akamai i hui i loko o kona hale. "
E pili ana i kona kino, ʻaʻohe mea e ʻōlelo i kahi huaʻōlelo, ʻoiai mahalo nā mea āpau i kona akamai, kona ʻike a me kāna aʻo maikaʻi loa. ʻO kāna kiʻi wale nō ke kiʻi ʻia ma kēia ʻaoʻao, kahi kiʻi i kiʻi ʻia i ke kūlana makua piha, me ka helehelena, me ke kānalua ʻole, ʻo ka Sekotia loa.
