once have lived. His mi

ssion is to "discover" and "take possession" of the land to spread the holy faith. Instead of "conquering" Indians, he will "pacify" and "reduce" them (JD/O 42, 65). These discursive moves are, of course, strategic. The ordinance mandates "pacification" while effacing the Spanish aggression that would provoke the Indian resistance in the first place. The monarch re-dresses the unspeakable brutality of conquest by making conque