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and services performed in this New Spain, that I may appear therewith 
before your royal person and your royal Council of the Indies and ask 
to be granted a prebend in the holy church of this city or in whatever place 
you may be most pleased to grant it. 
Questions. 
IV. Also, if they know, etc., that Garcia Rodriguez came to New Spain 
an unmarried youth in the year 1538 in company with and in the service 
of Rodrigo de Albornoz, the contador of his Majesty for New Spain, and 
that he served Albornoz in the position of contador for many days, etc. 
V. Also, if they know that, after the year 1540, García Rodriguez went 
upon the expedition and exploration of the new land and the Seven Cities 
of Cibola which went under the general Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, 
governor of the province of Jalisco, 40 etc. 
VI. Also, if they know that García Rodriguez, on that journey and 
exploration to the Seven Cities of Cibola, served his Majesty as a soldier 
with his arms, horses, and two servants, upon which exploration he was 
engaged, in company with Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, the general, 
for over two years and a half, during which time he endured much hard¬ 
ship, hunger, weariness, and other adversities because the road was long 
and without inhabitants, etc. 
VII. That from the journey mentioned there resulted the exploration 
of more than a thousand leagues of land, mudi of which has consequently 
been and is now being settled, because it is rich land and contains mines, 
wherefrom has resulted much increase to the royal treasury. 
X. That since García Rodriguez is a good Mexican linguist and desires 
to do good, knowing the lack which exists in New Spain of priests who 
can confess the natives, he took orders, became a priest, and said mass in 
the year 1557, since which time he has served as parish priest and vicar 
in many and divers places, both in Spanish and in Indian towns, in all of 
which he has given a good account of himself, etc. 
Proofs. 
Juan de Paladines, witness. 
VI. That on the journey to Cíbola, García Rodriguez served his 
Majesty in every way which presented itself or was enjoined with his 
arms, two horses, and two servants which he took with him at his own 
cost, like a good soldier. This witness, being alguacil mayor on the 
journey, saw that in the watches, the guarding, and the explorations, 
García Rodriguez served and did all that he was commanded; that he 
was engaged upon this journey until he returned to this City of Mexico 
during the time mentioned in the question. During this time Garcia 
Rodriguez, like the rest of the soldiers, endured the hardships of hunger, 
weariness, and other difficulties which occurred upon the road and during 
the exploration. 
VII. . . . That on the journey to Cibola many leagues of land were 
explored, many of which are settled to-dav, because in them have been dis- 
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