and that Juan de la Torre was the man above all others to accompany their embassy to Mexico and take charge of their interests.
Accordingly the tonati, or güestlacatl, that is to say the chief,[1] notified Torre of his purpose to visit him with fifty of his subjects for consultation. The viceroy was notified of this intended visit by a letter of the corregidor dated November 25, 1720,[2] at a time when Juan
- ↑ Called also Tonat, Tonatin, Tonatiuh, Tonali, Nayarit, Nayerit, Nayar, Naye, Güestlacalt, Guactlaco, and Gueitlacal.
- ↑ Nayaritas, Relacion de la Conquista de la Provincia de los Nayaritas en el Reyno de la Nueva España, que consiguieron las Armas de su Magestad à principios de este año de 1722, Madrid (about 1723), sm. 4to, 30 p. This is a report dated Madrid, Oct. 6, 1722, apparently made to, and by order of, the king, by a writer whose name is not given. It is a little volume of considerable historical value which has now become very rare.
Another important authority on the final conquest is the Gacetas de Mexico, a serial publication, or newspaper, begun by Dr. Juan Ignacio de Castoreña y Ursúa at the beginning of 1722, just in time to include in the first numbers for January-April of that year, the news from Nayarit. These oldest numbers were reprinted in Doc. Hist. Mex., série ii. iv. Of the series from 1784 to 1821 I have a complete set in my library.
