trained as soldiers for the Ottoman Empire. (The Turkish word was also adopted into English as "janissary"). The first known use of the word in New Mexico was during the early 1660s when a politician was accused of mistreating a servant, whose father was a Pueblo and whose mother was Apache-Quivira (Wichita). The term became used generally after 1692 when the Spanish regained control of New Mexico after the Pueblo revolt. The word also had a military meaning in New Mexico. militia and scouts were important in defending New Mexico from raiding Comanche, Apache, and Navajo warriors. The were organized formally in 1808 into a Troop, commanded by a corporal from their ranks and with a supply system dedicated for them. History were typically indigenous Indians who had been captured and enslaved by other Indian tribes and whom Franciscan monks were obligated legally to rescue by paying ransom. The former slaves were made indentured servants in order to repay such debt, typically for a period of a number of years. During the late 1700s and early 1800s, comprised a significant proportion of the population of what is now the southwest United States. They founded a number of localities, such as Belén, Tomé, Valencia, Carnué, Los Lentes, Las Trampas, Socorro and San Miguel del Vado. There were also in towns such as Albuquerque, Atrisco, Santa Fe, Chimayó, Taos, Abiquiú and Las Vegas. The debt of a ransomed Indian, often a child, was usually 10 to 20 years of service to the person paying the ransom. Young women were especially prized. The experience of most ransomed Indians—- a —- was "bondage on a continuum that ranged from near slavery to familial incorporation, but few shed the stigma of servility". Descendants of typically were also considered . But, as in the case of the rest of colonial Mexico, this classification was not an absolute impediment to social mobility. The Comanche and other tribes brought their captives to trade fairs and offered them for sale. In 1770, a female captive from 12 to 20 years old sold for two good horses and some small items; a male was worth only one-half as much. Many of the complained of mistreatment by the Spanish. Based on a policy established by the Governors of New Mexico, they were settled in land grants on the periphery of Spanish settlements. These settlements became buffer communities for larger Spanish towns