Luís de Velasco , 1597 
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The señor governor ordered that the request of those mentioned in this 
petition be granted, and that the requisition made upon the commissary, 
Francisco de Esquivel, with this petition and auto, be placed as a heading 
to the copy to be given to each person, and that an inventory be made of 
all, since it is clear to him that the facts are as stated in this petition. It 
was so ordered and signed by Don Juan de Oñate and passed before me, 
Juan Pérez de Donis, clerk. 
Manifest made by Captain Don Luis de Velasco of the goods, arms, and 
horses which he is taking to serve his Majesty in the expedition to 
New Mexico, of which Don Juan de Oñctte goes as governor and 
captain-general. 
Being at the mines of Casco, where is encamped the army of his Majesty, 
which is going to the conquest and pacification of the provinces of New 
Mexico, on the nineteenth day of May, 1597, before Señor Don Juan de 
Oñate, governor and captain-general of the provinces of New Mexico 
and its kingdoms and the adjacent territories for the king, our Lord, and 
before me, Juan Pérez de Donis, clerk of his royal Majesty and secretary 
of the said expedition, appeared Captain Don Luis de Velasco, whom I 
swear that I know. He declared that in fulfillment of what some captains 
and officers of the royal army have petitioned before his lordship, he 
wished to make a manifest of the goods that he is taking; and, so doing, 
he exhibited and brought into the presence of the señor governor and 
myself, to which I swear, the following things: 72 
First, he exhibited and brought before his lordship a standard of 
figured white Castilian silk, with fringes and trimmings of gold and crim¬ 
son silk, which has stamped on one side the pictures of Our Lady and 
Saint John the Baptist. Encircling these two figures is painted the rosary 
of Our Lady with large gold beads, and at their feet the escutcheon and 
arms of the governor. On the other side it has the figure of the lord Saint 
James, with an inscription encircling it which says Sic ut sanguino centa , 73 
and at the feet of the horse of the lord Saint James the escutcheon and 
arms of the Velascos, with large tassels trimmed with gold and crimson 
silk. 
Item: A silver lance, in its handle, for the exercise of his office as cap¬ 
tain, with tassels of gold and yellow and purple silk. 74 
Item: For the said purpose three complete suits of armor, to arm him¬ 
self and two other soldiers in coat of mail, with thigh piece, beaver, and 
helmet, all complete, and with nothing lacking. 
Item: Three calivers, with their large and small powder horns, fire¬ 
locks, bullet screws, 75 moulds, and all the rest that pertains to each one. 
Item: Three sets of horse armor of buckskin, lined with undressed 
leather, for the flanks, foreheads, breasts, necks—all, without anything 
lacking. 
Item: A halberd, garnished with yellow velvet and purple tassels, and 
all studded with nails, which he bought for his sergeant to carry. 76 
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