Jalpa

Founded in the early 15th Century (1530s) by Spanish explorers in search of Gold and Silver, Jalpa was spelled "Xalpa" by its native Indian Caxcan, Chichimeca and huichole people. Conquered by the Spanish the Indian population inter-mixed with Spanish and other European peoples to form today's meztisos. Mestizo is a term traditionally used in Latin America and Spain for people of mixed European and Native American heritage or descent. The term originated as a racial category in the Casta system that was in use during the Spanish empire's control of their American colonies, it was used to describe those who had one European-born parent and one who was member of an indigenous American population. In the Casta system mestizos had fewer...