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HANDBOOK FOR TRANSLATORS OF SPANISH HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
gente de raz6n — white people (as opposed to Indians)
gente franca — available men
gfbaro — child of a lo"bo and a mulatto woman
gratif icaci6n de mesa — allowance for "board
hacer el corso — to privateer
hachuela — beads
indiferente — miscellaneous
in solidum — jointly, as one
inter vivos — among the living (applied to a donation
made by one living person to another in an irrevocable
manner) . There was also the law of mortis
causa donations; that is, those which did not become
effective until after the death of the donor.
ir a clbolo — to go buffalo hunting
ir de carneada — to go hunting
ir de remonta — to go after fresh horses
juez conservador — one who, by special commission, has
the power to examine injuries and offenses committed
against churches, monasteries, convents, and regular
or secular clergy
juez de arribadaS — consular agent
juez de receptoria — delegate judge
lobo — child of a chino and a mulatto woman
machote — model
mamel — papoose
masa — amount deducted from a soldier's salary for
clothing
masita — record book of the salary, clothing, arms,
and equipment of a soldier
mestena— head of wild stock, mustang (when referring
only to horses)
mezcalero — one of the mescal people (so-called from
tl:eir custom of eating or drinking mescal) ; Apache
Indians
Mexico — Mexico City
monte — brush
montoso — brushy, wooded
morisco — child of a mulatto and a Spanish woman
mujer, mala — applied to several kinds of weeds or
grasses which may cause death or discomfiture to
livestock, chief among which are the "Horse Nettle"
and the "VThite Horse Nettle."
mulada — mule herd
naquisa — a red cape two varas long worn by Indians
nav£o de permiso — licensed trading ship
pagar en tabla — to pay cash (to pay "spot cash
on the barrel head")
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