Diego de Madrid Avendaño, 1620 
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In the City of Mexico, July 30, 1620, the señores viceroy, president, and 
oidores of the royal Audiencia of this New Spain being in regular session, 
this petition was read and examined by his Excellency, the viceroy of this 
New Spain. He said that he was referring and did refer this affair to the 
señor licentiate Diego Gómez Cornejo, oidor of this royal Audiencia. . . . 
Evidence. 
Guillermo de León, witness. 
V. . . . And this witness knows that in the matter of the frontier of 
Chichimecos Indians he rendered very great service to his Majesty in 
preserving the said towns, and it resulted also to advantage of the king, 
because of the silver that has been taken out. . . . 
To the second question he said that, as this witness has already declared, 
he took the account of the said office of alcalde mayor of the mines of 
Sichú and Palma de Vega from the said Don Juan de Porras y Ulloa, and 
during the time that the examination lasted this witness saw that the 
hostile Indians in the neighborhood of the said mines came down from the 
mountains where they lived, because of the good management and efforts 
of the said Don Juan de Porras y Ulloa, and some were baptized and 
others returned. This witness saw this several times. . . . 
III. ... To the third added question. . . . that in the year 1614 to 
which the question refers ... he saw and communicated with in this 
said city the father Fray Juan Bautista de Molinedo of the Order of Saint 
Francis, and he saw the decree to which the question refers, and this 
witness made for him the petitions which he presented to his Excellency, 
the señor viceroy, Marquis of Guadalcázar, from which it resulted that 
he went with the commission to which the question refers. This witness 
went with him and saw all the country, and this witness remained at the 
mines of Sichú, and the said friar went on ahead. Afterwards when the 
said religious returned to this city, where this witness had arrived before 
him, he saw him bring the Indian captains mentioned in the inquiry. The 
said Don Juan de Porras y Ulloa, because of their acquaintance with him, 
took them as guests into his house and entertained them, and when some 
of them fell ill he cured them. . . . 
VIL . . . The above-mentioned (Juan de Porras) showed his com¬ 
mission to this witness and told him how he was going in company with 
the said father Fray Juan, etc., and he [this witness] saw them depart 
from this city. At the end of six months, a little more or less, the said 
friar came to this said city . . . and he told this witness that he and the 
said Don Juan de Porras had done what is mentioned above and all that 
is related in the inquiry; and that the Indians were well satisfied and 
settled, and a large number of them had been baptized. . . . 
Captain Alonso de Peralta y Sidonia, witness. 
II. . . . At the said mines Chichimecos Indians were [always] coming 
and going, and in order to preserve the peace he treated them kindly, which 
was important for the service of his Majesty. 
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