ABSTRACT

In… the house of the accountant Sebastián de Mosquera, there was found in his service a young Indian boy called Martín, he knows no other name, and he said that he is a native of La Chimba in Arequipa and he was born in the home of the said accountant, and he does not know who his parents are, other than that he is said to be a mestizo. And the accountant certified that said boy is a mestizo although he was wearing the clothing of an Indian, and that he is twelve years old.