Maya caciques in early national Yucatán Setting the stage: caciques as political intermediaries in colonial Ebtún Webs of power: cacique politicization in post independence Yucatán For God glory and taxes: caciques and the politics of taxation on the eve of Yucatáns caste war War and the cacique: alliance making in caste war Yucatán Your majesty loves the Indians : the defensor and Maya commoners in the years of Maximilians empire Of promises and dilemmas: the defensor and maya caciques in the years of Maximilians empire