▁who , ▁they ▁sus pected , ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁Christian . ▁The ▁records ▁included ▁their ▁spot ty ▁attend ance ▁at ▁Mass . ▁However , ▁López ▁also ▁recorded ▁the ▁sexual ▁ind is cret ions ▁carried ▁out ▁by ▁the ▁cler gy , ▁whose ▁members ▁had ▁sex ▁with ▁women ▁of ▁their ▁par ishes . ▁López ▁himself ▁also ▁was ▁eng aging ▁in ▁that ▁activity , ▁as ▁was ▁recognized ▁by ▁the ▁Francis c ans . ▁ ▁López ▁double d ▁the ▁w ages ▁paid ▁to ▁the ▁Native ▁Americans ▁who ▁worked ▁for ▁the ▁Spanish , ▁and ▁recognized ▁the ▁right ▁of ▁Native ▁Americans ▁to ▁practice ▁their ▁relig ions ▁ ▁and ▁not ▁to ▁have ▁to ▁assist ▁each ▁Sunday ▁at ▁Mass . ▁If ▁the ▁Francis c ans ▁inf lic ted ▁corpor al ▁pun ishment ▁for ▁that ▁reason , ▁Native ▁Americans ▁could ▁take ▁repr is als ▁against ▁them . ▁López ▁allowed ▁the ▁pres ervation ▁of ▁the ▁cer emon ial ▁d ances ▁of ▁the ▁P ue blo ▁Native ▁Americans , ▁comparing ▁them ▁with ▁d ances ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁z aram be que , ▁often ▁performed ▁in ▁Spain , ▁which ▁were ▁not ▁b anned ▁by ▁the ▁church . ▁In ▁fact , ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁attended ▁these ▁d ances ▁and ▁the ▁governor ▁permitted ▁the ▁P ue bl os ▁to ▁perform ▁their ▁religious ▁d ances ▁in ▁the ▁Governor ' s ▁Palace ▁in ▁Santa ▁Fe . ▁However , ▁the ▁Francis c ans ▁continued ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁prevent ▁any ▁non - Christ ian ▁practices . ▁ ▁In ▁Ta os , ▁New ▁Mexico , ▁López ▁appointed ▁as ▁leaders ▁the ▁P