490 
Index 
Babetacama, see Baustacama 
Babeteme, encomienda, 95 
Badarami, encomienda, 95 
Baiame (Bayame), encomienda, 95 
Bailen, Ponce de León's estate, 299 
Balboa, Vasco Núñez de, as adelantado, and 
Pedradas, 4; at Darien, 3 
Bancroft, Hubert H., Arizona and New 
Mexico, 194m; Central America, 2on.; 
error on Monterey and Oñate, 2o6n.; 
Mexico, I4n.; Native Races, 88; Northern 
Mexican States, ion. 
Bandelier, Adolph F. A., “ Cibola,” ion.; Gilded 
Man, ion.; Journey of Cabeza de Vaca, 
ion. 
Bandelier Collection, 209 
Banishment, power granted to Ponce de León, 
327 
Barrios León, Francisco de, petition on sendees 
of wife’s grandfather, 63, 65 
Bartolomé, Don, Indian, 71 
Bastidas, Rodrigo de, founder of Santa Marta, 
86 
Batán, measurement, 181 
Baustacama (Babetacama), encomienda, 95 
Belarde, Juan, Oñate’s secretary, 421 
Beltrán, Fray Bernaldino, expedition to Pue¬ 
blos, 193 
Benavides, Alonso de, services, 81 
Benavides, Fray Alonso de, Memorial, 21 in. 
Benavides, Doña Antonio de, wife of Ruis de 
Castañeda, 83 
Bergrier, Margarita, wife of Gelique, 33 
Beristain y (de) Souza, José M., “Audiencia 
de Megico,” 22n.; Biblioteca Hispano 
Americana Setentrional, 22n. 
Berlanga, Tomás, Monografía de Saltillo, i8n. 
Beteta, Juan de, report on sendees, 35 
Beteta, María López de, see López de Beteta 
Big Williams Fork, Farfán at, 211 
Bitaremi, encomienda, 95 
Blankets, Indian tribute, 137 
Bocanegra, Alonso López de, see López de 
Bocanegra 
Bolton, Herbert E., “ Cabrillo-Ferrelo Expedi¬ 
tion,” ion.; Colonization of North Amer¬ 
ica, ion.; on Zaldivar’s mission, 485; Guide 
to Archives of Mexico, 87; “ Last Years of 
Oñate’s Rule,” 215; materials on Oñate's 
expedition, 209; “ Missions as a Frontier 
Institution,” 26m; on names for Pecos 
River, 486; Spanish Borderlands, 2i6n.; 
Spanish Exploration in the Southwest, ion.; 
“ Spanish Occupation of Texas,” i8n. 
Bonanza mine, 17 
Bonilla, Francisco Leyva de, see Leyva 
Boundary, New Mexican southern, 208 
Bourne. Edward G., Spain in America, ion. 
Bravo de Soto Mayor, Pedro, signature, 401 
Bruselas, founding, 4 
Buffalos, Alvarado’s discovery, 39; vacas de 
cíbola, 486 
Bullion, see Money 
Bureau of American Ethnology, Annual Re¬ 
port, ion. 
Buscavida, Anton Pérez, see Pérez Buscavida 
Bustamante, Juana de, wife of Arce, 37 
Caballerías, measurement, 179, 183; out of a 
sitio or criadero, 177, 179 
Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Núñez, claim to brig¬ 
antine, imprisoned by rebels, 39, 41; letter 
of, 39; wanderings, influence on explora¬ 
tion, 6, 10 
Cabildo, status, 25 
Cabo de Honduras, see Honduras 
Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez, voyage, 13 
Cacao, Indian tribute, 173 
Cadena, Baltasar de la, evidence, 79 
Calderón, Alonso, contador, letter of, 117; on 
conditions in Nueva Vizcaya, 117-119, 121 
California, as an island, 214; first coast explo¬ 
ration, 13; Vizcaino’s exploration, 207, 
214m, 257, 263 
Camistla, encomienda, 59 
Campos, Pedro de, counter-signature, 171 
Cancer, Fray Luis, Florida designs, 18 
Cañete, Marqués de, governor of Philippines, 
and Acapulco ships, 261, 263, 484 
Caparra, founding, 4 
Captaincy-general, in Oñate’s and Ponce de 
León’s contracts, 247, 289, 313, 325-329; 
status, 22 
Carabajal, Luis de, frontier advance, Nuevo 
León, 18, 371, 484, 485 
Carbajal, Antonio de, report on services, 31, 33 
Carbajal, Pedro González de, 31 
Carillo, Luis, in Mexico, 53, 87 
Carrasco, Pascual, of Nombre de Dios, witness, 
I 423 
Carrillo de Guzmán, Gabriel, evidence, 59 
Cartagena, founding, participant, 39, 86 
Cartas de Indias, 87 
Casa de Contratación, and re-enforcements for 
Oñate, 401, 407, 409; as organ of adminis¬ 
tration, 19, 20; licenses and permits, 319, 
484; munitions and permits for Ponce de 
León, 329, 333, 341 
Casas, Bartolomé de las, and encomiendas, 27; 
in Cuba, 4 
Casas, Francisco de las, in Honduras, 8 
Casas, Guillén de las, governor of Yucatán, evi¬ 
dence, 53, 87 
Casco mines, see San Lorenzo del Casco 
Castañeda, Alonso de, report on services, 35 
Castañeda, Antonio Ruis de, see Ruis de Cas¬ 
tañeda 
Castañeda, Juan de, lieutenant-governor of 
Nueva Vizcaya, appointment of Velasco, 
437 
Castañeda, Pedro de, “ Relación de la Jornada 
de Cibola,” 86 
Castaño de Sosa, Gaspar, New Mexican expe¬ 
dition, arrest, 193, 195, 219, 301, 387 
Castile, institutions as colonial model, 19 
Castilian measuring yard, 177 
Castilla, Luis de, services, 37, 43, 86 
Castilla del Oro, erection, extent, capital, 4, 10 
Castillo, Bernal Diaz del, see Diaz del Castillo 
Castillo, Bernardina Lainez del, see Lainez del 
Castillo 
Castillo, Diego Diaz Lainez del, see Diaz Lainez 
del Castillo 
Castillo Maldonado, Alonso del, wanderings, 6 
Castro, -, signature, 93 
