as well as the labor provided by the indigenous people. this developed into the implementation of the repartimiento system, which sought to institute a higher level of oversight within the spanish colonies and maximize the overall tribute extracted for public and crown use. rules regarding tribute itself were also changed in response to the epidemic of 1545, as fears over future food shortages ran rampant among the spanish. by 1577, after years of debate and a second major outbreak of cocoliztli, maize and money were designated as the only two forms of acceptable tribute. jennifer scheper hughes has argued that after decades of minimal success in mexico, european missionaries were facing a crisis of faith. indigenous catholics, in contrast, turned to the church, finding power, influence, and their own forms of worship. later outbreaks a second large outbreak of cocoliztli occurred in 1576, lasting until about 1580. although less destructive than its predecessor, causing approximately two million deaths, this outbreak appears in much greater detail in colonial accounts. many of the descriptions of cocoliztli symptoms, beyond the bleeding, fevers, and jaundice, were recorded during this epidemic. there are 13 cocoliztli epidemics cited in spanish accounts between 1545 and 1642, with a later outbreak in 1736 taking a similar form but referred to as tlazahuatl.