Throughout the Spanish and Mexican period, settled in several New Mexican villages such as Belén, Tomé, Valencia, Carnuel, Los Lentes, Socorro, and San Miguel del Vado. also lived in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, Atrisco, Santa Fe, Chimayó, Taos, Abiquiú, and Las Vegas, NM. Most were, or their ancestors had been slaves of Indian tribes, particularly the Plains tribes who raided and enslaved tribes allied with the Spaniards such as the Apaches. By the end of the 18th century, were estimated to comprise at least one third of the entire population.