What Spanish policy granted land and the Indians living on it to Spanish colonists as a reward?

The encomienda was a Spanish policy that granted land and the Indians living on it to Spanish soldiers and colonists usually as a reward for service. A soldier or colonist who received an encomienda was called an encomendero.

Explanation:

b toward the volcano.landward. the landward side of something is the side nearest to the land or facing the land, rather than the sea.