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Rh the governor's will. Steps were also taken to prevent the shipment of such property by the fleet, then ready to sail; and on the 15th of May 1649 orders were sent to the governor of Yucatan to attach all the estate of the late bishop in that province.

Although a considerable amount was delivered up to the president, a repetition of the order was resolved upon, and to make it more effectual was published from the pulpits, ecclesiastical censures being threatened against all who failed to surrender it or even withheld information as to its concealment. It seems, however, that the conduct of the audiencia was guided more by personal hostility against Torres and his kindred than by pretended loyalty; for Salazar, having laid his case before the India Council, was acquitted, and the audiencia reproved and ordered to restore all the sequestered property.

For nearly fifteen uneventful months Peralta held the reins of power in New Spain, until, in May 1650, a new viceroy arrived in the person of Luis Enriquez de Guzman, conde de Alva de Liste, and marqués de Villaflor.

His rule was a quiet one, interrupted only in 1651 by the revolt of the Indians in the northern regions, where the Tarahumares, Conchos, and other tribes in open revolt killed several Spaniards, among whom