Stuart,

In Mexican slang it is a person contracted to get people across the US
border illegally. Originally a Nahuatl word Coyotl.

Eric Edgar

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Stuart Armstrong wrote:

> What is a coyote/o/a / collote … ?
> The modern dictionary doesn’t help.
> I assume it is a racial designation?
>
> —
> Best regards,
> Stuart mailto:stuartarms@gmail.com
>

Hi there Stuart ,

I believe that you´re looking for the definition in reference to what is written on some of the old actas ?

If you are then a coyote is an offspring of a mestizo and an indian .

Check out the castas in the albums section .

Welester

> What is a coyote/o/a / collote … ?
> The modern dictionary doesn’t help.
> I assume it is a racial designation?
>
> —
> Best regards,
> Stuart mailto:stuartarms@gmail.com
>

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Stuart, et al.

There is a great publication, a lexicon of sorts, of Colonial Spanish Terms and their English meanings. It is available under the Files – Reference Materials section of the site:

http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/16242