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in the siege of this city. He was one of the captains appointed to com¬ 
mand the brigantines; 1 he took part in the conquest and capture of this 
city, was later at Pánuco, Tututepec, and on the shore of the South Sea. 
He was also visitor of certain provinces of New Spain, and destroyed the 
idols and cues. He went to the kingdoms of Castile as proctor for this 
land, returning thence married. He has eight daughters and a son; some 
of the daughters are of marriageable age. He was alcalde ordinario of 
this city in which he has a house erected; he has his arms and horses and 
family, and holds in encomienda the town of Zacatlán to the value of 
which he presents attestation. 
Juan Alemán . 2 
He is a resident of Los Angeles, native of the city of Hozenploce in 
Germany, legitimate son of Hans Gelique and Margarita Bergrier. He 
was once a prisoner of the king of France, 8 and was later in the 
war of Venezuela 4 and Santa Marta. 5 Later, he went to Florida in search 
of the men whom Pánfilo de Narváez took thither. He names the cap¬ 
tains with whom he says he served, and states that he came to this New 
Spain seventeen years ago. He is married to the former wife of Fran¬ 
cisco de Quevedo, a conqueror of New Spain and of this city who held in 
encomienda the town of Xilotepec now held by Xaramillo. This encomi¬ 
enda the Marqués took from Quevedo for no reason whatsoever, but he 
holds a cédula from his Majesty ordering your illustrious lordship ta 
appoint him to a corregimiento , which your lordship has done. 
Governor Francisco Vásquez de Coronado. 
He says that he is a native of the city of Salamanca, legitimate son of 
Juan Vásquez de Coronado and Doña Ysabel de Luxán his wife; he is a 
famous knight, who came to these parts with your lordship in 1535, 6 and 
has served his Majesty under your lordship’s orders as visitor of the silver 
mines, and in the position of governor and captain-general of Nueva 
Galicia. He gave adequate account of the fidelity with which he dis¬ 
charged his duties as appears in his residencia. He served as captain- 
general of the army which your lordship sent at his Majesty’s command 
for the discovery of the new land. 7 On this expedition he expended more 
than fifty thousand ducats, and underwent numerous and intolerable 
labors, as is well known, enduring great risks, hardships, and shedding 
of blood. He observed absolutely the instructions which his Majesty 
gives to those who hold similar positions, committing no abuse, as ap¬ 
pears from the reports which he has given of the matter. He has been 
married twelve years to Doña Beatriz de Estrada, daughter of the treas¬ 
urer Alonzo de Estrada, and has numerous sons and daughters. He asks, 
in recognition of his great services to his Majesty, the dignity of his 
employments, and his personal qualifications, as well as of the fact that 
he cannot subsist with the Indians which he has, that he be granted some 
remuneration and an increase in his repartimiento. He presents an order 
and command herewith enclosed. 
