By HALEY SCHROER On June 8, 1685, Don Diego de García, cacique, or Indigenous leader, from Tlapa (now in modern-day Guerrero), petitioned the viceroy of New Spain to intervene on his behalf. As the “legitimate son of Don Alonso García and Doña María Bárquez de Sandoval, themselves caciques … [Read more...] about Silks and Swords: Sumptuary Laws and Gender in Colonial Mexico
