▁for ▁twenty - six ▁years . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁his ▁term ▁in ▁office ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁New ▁Mexico ▁was ▁qui eter ▁than ▁it ▁had ▁ever ▁been ▁before . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁mission aries , ▁E ulate ▁had ▁no ▁concern ▁for ▁the ▁rights ▁of ▁the ▁Indians , ▁and ▁was ▁only ▁concerned ▁with ▁explo iting ▁them . ▁ ▁He ▁would ▁give ▁out ▁lic enses ▁to ▁his ▁friends ▁that ▁author ized ▁them ▁to ▁se ize ▁or phan ed ▁Indian ▁children , ▁who ▁would ▁be ▁used ▁as ▁servants . ▁ ▁A ▁typical ▁license ▁read ▁" Perm it ▁for ▁Juan ▁Ful ano ▁to ▁take ▁one ▁or phan ▁from ▁wherever ▁he ▁finds ▁him , ▁provided ▁that ▁he ▁tre ats ▁him ▁well ▁and ▁teach es ▁him ▁the ▁Christian ▁c ate ch ism ." ▁However , ▁after ▁he ▁left ▁office ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁Indian ▁leaders ▁test ified ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁def ended ▁them ▁against ▁their ▁common ▁enemy , ▁and ▁also ▁supported ▁them ▁against ▁the ▁un reason able ▁dem ands ▁by ▁the ▁pri ests ▁for ▁labor . ▁E ulate ▁compla ined , ▁perhaps ▁with ▁reason , ▁that ▁the ▁grand io se ▁building ▁projects ▁of ▁the ▁mission aries ▁were ▁a ▁great ▁waste ▁of ▁the ▁labor ▁of ▁the ▁Indians ▁and ▁colon ists , ▁who ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁better ▁employed ▁cultiv ating ▁their ▁fields . ▁ ▁E ulate ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁constant ▁disput es ▁with ▁the ▁Francis can ▁mission aries ▁in ▁New ▁Mexico , ▁led ▁by ▁Est eb an ▁de ▁Pere a . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 2 0 ▁the ▁Vic ero