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525. He subdued the Provinces of Izatlan, Guasacatlan with those 

 of Suchipila, TIaltenango and those of Teul and Vispatlan, with the 

 villages of Zacatlan, Tecolquines, and Tecasuchiles, in which Viceroy 

 Don Antonio de Mendoza had gone to great effort and expense 

 without success in subduing and pacifying them; this Gov. Francisco 

 Vasquez de Coronado by his circumspection, courage, and persistence 

 conquered, subdued, and colonized this region ; but his men and he 

 suffered great hardships in this conquest and pacification, for the 

 savages wounded him severely in the stubborn and bloody battles 

 he had with them ; nor did he spare himself later, in restoring order 

 everywhere after his conquest, and in inspecting all the numerous 

 provinces, in rough country. When all was peaceful he apportioned 

 the territory and established priests for the proper evangelization 

 and instruction of the Indians. So His Majesty wrote him in grateful 

 appreciation of his valuable and distinguished services, on February 

 20, 1539, charging and directing him by royal warrant to examine 

 and inspect all the silver mines which had been discovered in the 

 whole of New Spain and the Kingdom of Mexico, and to establish 

 rules and regulations for their methods of exploiting them and of 

 paying the royal impost of 20 percent for His Majesty ; and for 

 these services he granted him the favor of entailing to him the income 

 from the Provinces of Xacatlan and Mezquitlan and the villages of 

 Teusuacan, Amaxaquec, Jalacingo with its inhabitants and farms, 

 and those of Quiyzinquec with its outlying Chichimecas and Oto- 

 mites, and the villages of Ysacalco, Tllanama, Guazamota, Xaquexi- 

 matlan, Atengo, Guachinango, Acatitlan, and those of Cabiregua, 

 Guarete, Arimota with its dependents (anejos), for his life and 

 those of his children and grandchildren and descendants, all in the 

 district of New Galicia, of which he was Governor. 



Chapter H 



Continuing the Description of the Kingdom of New Galicia and 

 the District of the Diocese of Guadalajara and Its Rich Mines. 



526. This kingdom contains extensive and wealthy provinces, with 

 many silver mines in them. Traveling from San Luis de Potosi 

 toward Guadalajara, at 12 leagues one comes on the mines named 

 Sierra de Pinos, with rich deposits and veins of silver ; this is where 

 the Kingdom of New Galicia begins ; there will be some 30 Spanish 

 miners there, with a few tradesmen and transients ; there is a Fran- 

 ciscan convent at this point. Six leagues farther on this same northerly 

 route is the mining town of Los Ramos, which is built on a plain and 

 will have 300 Spanish residents, with a parish church and Franciscan 



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