The Oclayas Indians and their doctrineros in the 17th Century by Tommasini, Gabriel

“…Few, or perhaps no other group of Indians in the district of Jujuy, deserved as much attention and care, in the XVII century, from the civil and ecclesiastical authorities, as the Ocloyas. The Cabildos took interest in reducing these Indians to an urban and clean people; the Governors dictated effective measures, in order to locate them in comfortable places and provided with indispensable elements for life; the Bishops deployed their zeal with the purpose of providing them with competent Doctrineros; the Missionaries always showed determined will to initiate them in the practice of the Christian life. …”
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