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which he offers ; likewise the power 
to take the carts of those who prac¬ 
tise the trade of carters, commit¬ 
ting no injustice upon them but 
paying them their charges justly. 
Let him be given instruction not 
only for the arrest of the guilty 
persons who have entered New 
Mexico, contrary to the orders of 
his Majesty, but also for the pacifi¬ 
cation and conquest of those prov¬ 
inces and the conservation of the 
natives of them. 
Zacatecas for assays, under the ob¬ 
ligation to return them or pay for 
them. And, in order to carry the 
above and the baggage of all the 
men who may go with me on the 
said expedition, permission must 
be given me to requisition the carts 
and wagons that may be necessary, 
paying for their value and the 
freights and cartages and salaries 
that which is right. 
First I obligate myself that in 
every way possible to me the said 
exploration and settlement shall be 
made in all peace, friendship, and 
Christianity, and that I will con¬ 
duct the government of the people 
in my charge with the greatest 
Christianity and kindness that I 
can, so that in all our Lord and his 
Majesty may be served. And your 
lordship must order that I be given 
instruction as to what seems to you 
to be best and most in the service of 
God, our Lord, and of his Majesty, 
the good and pacification of that 
land, the conversion of the natives 
of it, the preaching of the Holy 
Gospel and Christian doctrine, and 
the method which it will be best to 
use in the pacification, and, for the 
sake of peace, in case they do not 
wish for the true knowledge of the 
Christian faith or to hear the evan¬ 
gelical word and give obedience to 
the king, our lord, what must be 
done with them, so that all may be 
done in accordance with the evan¬ 
gelical law and what the Catholic 
Church and the ordinances teach 
and order in these cases. And 
[your lordship should order also] 
what arrangement must be made so 
that the tributes that will be im¬ 
posed upon them for the royal 
crown and for those who may take 
part in the said conquest may be 
collected in a Christian manner. 
