hid ex 
491 
Cattle, introduction in New Spain, 41 
Causino, Pedro Martyr, 31 
Caxco mines, see San Lorenzo del Casco 
Caypa pueblo, named San Juan, 210 
Central America, exploration and settlement, 4. 
7, 8. 10 
Cepeda. Juan de, report on services, 39 
Cepeda, Pedro de, 39 
Cerralvo (León), frontier, post, founding, 14. 
18 
Céspedes. Juan de, report on services. 47, 49 
Chalchiguitis, jurisdiction over Indians in, 169, 
171 . 
Chalchuites, muster of Oñate’s force, 421, 423 
Chamuscado, Francisco Sánchez, see Sánchez 
Chamuscado 
Charcas province, erected, extent, in Nueva 
Vizcaya, 17 
Charcas Vieja, founding, 17 
Chiametla. Coronado’s expedition and, 63; 
jurisdiction, 16 
Chiapas, bishop of, and colonial evils, 163 
Chiapas, Marin's expedition, participant, 39, 86 
Chichimecas, as bar to exploration, 7; jurisdic¬ 
tion over, 169, 171; pacification by means 
of towns and monasteries, 155, 157; Por- 
ras’s services, 71-79; protection of other 
Indian towns from, 157; safeguarding 
roads from. 105; slaves in Oñate’s expedi¬ 
tion, 423; war. participant, 35, 37 
Chiguantla. encomienda, 31 
Chillaron de Pareja, 167 
Chinchón, Conde de, and Ibarra, 117 
Cholulans, Cortés’s massacre, 6 
Chontales. conquest, 37, 86 
Church in Spanish colonies, and Indian tribute. 
173; crown control. 25; explorations and 
contentions, 231; prelate for Nueva Viz¬ 
caya, 109. 121; responsibility for wrongs of 
natives, 165; viceroy as vice-patron, 23; 
see also Inquisition; Missions; Regular 
clergy 
Cibola (Seven Cities), Coronado’s expedition, 
12; effect of Cabeza de Vaca’s report, 10, 
11; Fray Marcos’s reconnaissance, 11: 
rival claims to conquer, 12; services of 
participants in expedition, 33-39, 43~53, 57- 
63. 69. 71; see also New Mexico 
Ciriqa, Juan de, counter-signatures. 415. 417 
Cities, establishment in Ponce de Leon’s con¬ 
tract, 311 
Coatzacoalcos River region, conquest, partici¬ 
pant, 67, 88; shipwreck on coast, 223 
Cobaltama. encomienda, 95 
Code, Spanish colonial. 20 
Coiba province, erection, 4 
Colección de Documentos Inéditos de Indias. 
122, 1940. 
Colima, founding, 7 
College of San Juan de Letran, condition, 375 
Colmenares, Bartolomé de. attestation, 171 
Colodro, Juan Velarde, see Velarde Colodro 
Colorado River, discovery. 12, 13 
Columbus, Christopher, and Española, 3; and 
Indian tribute. 26 
Columbus. Diego, and Cuba and Jamaica. 4 
Compostela, encomienda . 37 
! Conquerors, see next title 
' Conquistadores, preference, 67, 125, 337; re¬ 
ports on services of various, 31-85; Velasco 
on conduct, 221; see also Encomienda sys¬ 
tem; Exploration; Land; Nobility 
Consulado, 485 
Contreras, Fray Diego de, age, 459; evidence, 
457-461; professorship, 457 
Conversion of Indians, see Missions 
Cordel, length, 177 
Córdoba. Francisco Hernández de, exploration 
of Yucatán, 5; in Honduras, 8; participant, 
6 s 
Cornejo, Diego Gómez, oidor, 77. 
Coronado, Francisco de. services, 35 
Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, grant of en¬ 
comienda by, 95; origin of expedition, 10- 
12; progress of expedition, 12; report on 
services, 33; services of participants, 35-39, 
43-53, 57-63, 69, 79 
Coronado, Juan Vásquez de, 33 
Coronado, Pedro de, 35 
Corregimientos, petitions to abolish in Indian 
towns, argimients, 125, 135-139, *43, I45J 
preference in appointments to, 67; status, 
24 
Cortés. Hernando, and encomiendas, 27, 127; 
and Garay’s settlement, 6, 7; and Jalisco, 
86; and Villalobos, 41; conquest of Mexico, 
5. 6; governor and captain-general. 7; in 
Cuba, 4; in Honduras, 8; Marqués del Valle 
de Oaxaca, privileges, 9; reports concern¬ 
ing participants in conquest, 31-41, 65; resi¬ 
dencia, deposed, 8; southern and western 
explorations, 7; South Sea explorations 
and claims, 9. 11 
Coruña, Conde de (Lorenzo Suárez de Men¬ 
doza), viceroy, and mining decree, 107; and 
Ponce de León, 293; order to, on safe¬ 
guarding roads, 105 
Cosasano, Gordián, treasurer ad interim, con¬ 
tador general of excises, 223 
Cosmographer, for Ponce de Leon’s proposed 
expedition, 341 
Cotton cloth, Indian tribute. 173 
Cotton thread, Indian tribute, 173 
Council of the Indies, and Indians, 163; and 
Oñate-Ponce de León contest, opinions, 
199. 200, 202, 293, 295, 299-305. 345-349; 
letter to, 39; on re-enforcement for Oñate, 
401, 405, 411; on shipping families, 411; 
power, composition, 19, 20, 22; support of 
New Mexico, 215 
Courts, and jurisdiction over Chichimecas, 169, 
171; audiencias, 21, 22; consulado, 485; 
corregidor, 25; cruzada, 57. 87; personal 
jurisdiction in Oñate’s and Ponce de León’s 
contracts, 23s 241, 247, 317, 484; responsi¬ 
bility for wrongs of natives. 163, 165 
Cozumel, governor of, 8; Grijalva at. 5: prov¬ 
ince under audiencia of New Spain. 8 
Criadero de ganado mayor y menor, measure¬ 
ment, 179, 183 
Cruzada, court. 57. 87 
Crúzate, Domingo Jironza Pétriz, on New 
Mexican boundary, 2o8n. 
Cuadra mayor y menor, measurement. 181 
