How could Spaniards obtain encomiendas?

by serving the Spanish crown

by buying them from other Spaniards

by buying them from native chiefs

by inheriting them

Spaniards obtain encomienda by serving the Spanish crown. The Spanish labor system was called encomienda. It compensated conquerors with the labor of particular groups of subject people. Although it was first established in Spain, it was applied on a much larger scale during the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the Philippines.