Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Virtudes del Indio

A memorial to the king of Spain by the man whose principal office had been Protector de los Indios, arguing that the Indians of New Spain are not what the ministers say they are. It credits the resistance to the conquest, reads drunkenness as a national vice comparable to European ones, names the officials who tax the drink they condemn, and itemises what the poorest vassals of the monarchy were paying to keep the colony running.