Considered the first epic poem created by Europeans in North America, The History of New Mexico is a political device as well as a literary account, for Villagra's intended audience-of-one is the king of Spain with his control of the empire's purse. (In this translation, the cantos are rendered into prose.
arrogantly - in an arrogant manner; in the old days she had been harsh and stiff ; afraid of her husband and yet arrogantly proud that she had a husband strong and fierce enough to make her afraid. Translations.
There seems to be many people who are arrogant because they feel superior and those who act superior due to inadequacy as the study had concluded in the children. The study was mostly important I think in showing how most people feel when previously neglected or maltreated.