in Salamanca, in accordance with the acts of the cabildo. Spanish group requested permission to settle near the river, next to the Estancia de Barahona, away from the existing cities of Celaya and León in 1602. Viceroy Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey authorized their founding the town of Salamanca on 6 August 1602, stipulating that applicants must meet to form a council made up of four council members and two mayors. On New Year's Day of 1603, the town of Salamanca was established. In the eighteenth century, the intervention of the Royal Audience of New Spain was requested to restore the natives' land in the town of Santa Cruz Valtierrilla. On 12 October 1716, in Mexico City, the town of Santa Maria Nativitas was punished. On 27 October 1716, it was requested that the land be restored and that the lease was paid. This led to discontent among the population so later in 1716, the natives of the town of Santa Cruz Baltierrilla in the jurisdiction of Salamanca, and the governor and other officers of the district Nativitas republic, to separate of the jurisdiction of Salamanca. The life of the people went calmly. In 1724, the first chapel named "Santa Cruz" was built by natives of Valtierrilla so they could celebrate the sacrament of Holy Mass, with the approval and confirmation of Viceroy Juan de Acuña, 2nd Marquis of Casa Fuerte. Due to land disputes and problems with the leadership of Santa Maria Nativitas, the interest of the population to elect its authorities rose, so that in the year of 1732 a formal petition was made before the royal audience of New Spain, in the council of Indians, so that the natives of Santa Cruz Valtierrilla could govern independently. The response of the viceroy Juan de Acuña was positive, stating in a document dated in 1733 that "The viceroy in accordance with the Law grants to the natives of Valtierrilla, jurisdiction of Salamanca, license to elect mayor and regidor without impediment of the justice of the party. Santa Cruz Valtierrilla, Salamanca". So in 1734 the first election of mayor of Valtierrilla was held, resulting in Sebastián de la Cruz. The problem of lands continued through the years between the natives of Valtierrilla who demanded their rights and the greed of some inhabitants of the town of Nativitas and Salamanca, and always having as official request the Royal Audience