. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. fence to the viceroy, although no serious trouble had occurred during his lifetime. The third viceroy, Gaston de Peralta, Marques de Fakes, ar-rived during the investigation of the charges against Martin Cortes and his friends. He found no proof of conspiracy, stopped the proceedings and released most of the prisoners and commuted the death sentence passed on Luis Cortes to ten years service in Africa and loss of property; he sent the Marques to Spain. This procedure enraged the members of the audiencia and they accused
. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. fence to the viceroy, although no serious trouble had occurred during his lifetime. The third viceroy, Gaston de Peralta, Marques de Fakes, ar-rived during the investigation of the charges against Martin Cortes and his friends. He found no proof of conspiracy, stopped the proceedings and released most of the prisoners and commuted the death sentence passed on Luis Cortes to ten years service in Africa and loss of property; he sent the Marques to Spain. This procedure enraged the members of the audiencia and they accused the viceroy of favoring the conspiracy and sought his recall. A commission sent by the king to investigate determined on the prosecution of all traitors and four were executed, while Martin Cortes, son of Marina, was tortured and then exiled. The ordinary jails were insufficient to hold the victims of the persecution; the viceroy was deposed. But so exceedingly cruel and arbitrary was the action of the persecutor that he was himself deposed in 1568, and the viceroy was. DOOR OF THE HOUSE OF CONDE DE SANTIAGO. 52 MEXICO exonerated of all blame. This extraordinary and romantic affair ended, after a pro-tracted trial, in the restoration to the Marques of his confiscated property in 1574. During the term of the fourth viceroy, Martin Enriquez de Almanza, thescourge of the Spanish Inquisition was established in Mexico under the directionof Pedro Moya de Contreras, later Archbishop of Mexico and viceroy of NewSpain. Nominally, this institution was introduced in 1529, by a council con-sisting of the audiencia and the heads of the Franciscan and Dominican orders,but its official establishment was not made until later. In 1572, the Jesuitssettled in the province and founded their first college in the City of Mexico,which was devoted to the education of the Spanish Americans and to the con-version of the natives. La Caridad de San Hipolito was another institutionfounded under this admini
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