The natives and mestizos, however, gained power to negotiate. The latter offered the Spaniards access to the territory in exchange for assimilation to the colonial system, labor, more families to settle in the villages, and the capture of families that were threatening the people and the Spanish towns.
Estos últimos ofrecían a los españoles, el acceso al territorio, asimilarse al sistema colonial, servir como mano de obra, más familias para asentarse en los pueblos, capturar familias que atentaban contra la gente y los pueblos fundados.