| 释义 |
‖ mita|ˈmiːtə|
[Sp.]
In the Spanish-American colonies: A certain portion of the Indian population chosen by lot for a specified period of forced labour in the public service.
1726J. Stevens tr. Herrera's Hist. America V. 56 The Mitayos Tindarunas are Tributary Indians, the Curacas, or native Lords have set apart to hire them out to work in the Mines, build Houses, and the like... These they furnish to serve in their Mitas, or Turns, for the Space of two Months, or longer. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. viii. (1851) II. 102 In Peru, each mita, or division, destined for the mines, remains there six months. 1812Ann. Reg., Gen. Hist. 161 The inhumanity..of that regulation in the American colonies [of Spain] called the Mitas. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 147 Mitas of Indians, for the purpose of collecting coca-leaves, were forbidden in 1569. |