4.The Creole general Iturbide and the rebel mestizo commander Guerrero joined forces and won independence with most of the Peninsulares returning to Spain.
5.Below them were the indios, people solely of Native American descent, and the mestizos, which included people with one Spanish and one native parent.
6.(This appears to have been a misapplication of the Spanish colonial terminology, which called such people mestizos; creoles were Spaniards born in the colonies.)
7.Unlike the European Virgin Mary, the Virgin of Guadeloupe had mestizo (or mixed features) and spoke Nahuatl, still the most widely spoken indigenous language of the Americas, making her more relatable to the indigenous population.