Juan de Oñate, 1595 
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Let him be granted what is con¬ 
tained in the preceding article as is 
stated in it. 
Let him be given from the royal 
treasury of Zacatecas a loan of six 
thousand pesos, on condition that he 
gives security to return them by the 
end of January, 1596. 
Let it be granted in conformity 
with article 58 of the ordinances, 
and let his Majesty be written to so 
that he will show him favor and 
reward his services, as is stated in 
the first article of this agreement. 
2. Item: That as soon as I take 
possession of the said land in the 
name of his Majesty I am to have 
the title of adelantado , which I and 
my successors are to enjoy for the 
said lives of the governorship, in 
accordance with the said ordinance, 
and I am to have the privileges that 
such governors enjoy. At the same 
time it is to be charged to your lord- 
ship to supplicate his Majesty to 
add two more lives, as is contained 
in the article before this. 
3. Item: Your lordship should 
be pleased, in order that I may the 
better and more quickly fulfill my 
obligation and meet the great ex¬ 
penses of the said expedition, to do 
me the favor of lending me from 
the royal treasury of Zacatecas 
twenty thousand pesos, requiring 
me to give security to repay them 
in six years, for the business is of 
very great importance for the ser¬ 
vice of his Majesty and I have to 
spend a large amount of money on 
it. 
4. Item: That I shall have the 
power to divide among the soldiers, 
conquerors, and settlers who may go 
on the said expedition under my 
banner, or under that of my said 
successors, the said pueblos and vas¬ 
sals as may seem right to me, and 
that this shall be extended to those 
who may be the second and third 
conquerors and settlers, and to 
others who may aid in the conquest 
and pacification of that land, and 
that they and their successors shall 
enjoy this encomienda during the 
three lives granted by ordinance 58. 
And also it shall be charged to his 
lordship to supplicate his Majesty 
to give them in perpetuity, or at 
least for three lives more. 
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