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Index 
Cuba, as base for exploration, 5; settlement, 4 
Cuellar Verdugo, Juan de, 31 
Culiacán, frontier post, 14 
Cunningham, Charles H., Audiencia in the 
Spanish Colonies, 22n. 
Cuno, encomienda, 95 
Cuyupuztlan, encomienda, 37 
Darién, renamed, 4; settlement, 3 
Dávila, Alonzo [1], capture by French, 86; 
services, 35 
Dávila, Alonzo [2], report on services of 
family, 35 
Dávila, Francisco, corregidor, 81 
Dávila, Gil González, see González Dávila 
Dávila, Juan, report on services, 31 
Dávila, Pedro Arias, see Pedrarias Dávila 
Delgadillo, Diego, oidor, arrival, 43 
Delgadillo, Ysabel, wife of Carbajal, 31 
Denis, Juan Pérez de, see Pérez de Donis 
Descubridora mine, 71, 105 
Desdevises du Desert, Georges, Espagne de 
V Anden Régime, 2on. 
Desertion, in Ponce de Leon’s contract, 319, 
337 Oñate’s request for punishment during 
delay, 367 
Diaz, Melchior, in Coronado’s expedition, 12; 
reconnaissance and report, 12 
Diaz de Vargas, Francisco, proposals for ex¬ 
ploration, 195 
Diaz del Castillo, Bernal (Bernardo), Historia 
Verdadera, 88; report on services, 63-69, 
8 7 
Diaz Lainez del Castillo, pension and office, 
63-69 
Diocese, for Nueva Galicia, 15; for Nueva Viz¬ 
caya, 109, 121 
Dominicans, and encomienda system, 147; in 
New Spain, 26 
Donis, Juan Pérez de, see Pérez de Donis 
Dorantes, Andrés, wanderings, 6 
Durango, founding, capital, 15; frontier ad¬ 
vance from, 14; poverty, 109 
El Paso, Oñate’s crossing at, importance, 210 
Encinas, Diego de, notary, 99 
Encomienda ( repartimiento ) system, agree¬ 
ment on, 95-101; alternative encourage¬ 
ments to settlers, 151; answer to arguments 
against, 147-151; as slavery, 159; attitude 
of clergy, 147; conditions in Nueva Viz¬ 
caya, hi, 119; Cortés, 9; development in 
New Spain, 27, 127; grants in Peru, Nuevo 
León, and Guatemala, 277, 484; in con¬ 
tracts for conquest of New Mexico, 201, 
237, 245, 275, 277, 285, 289, 297, 313, 315, 
319, 323, 327, 339; means of preventing 
abuses, 153, 155; memorials of procura¬ 
dores for permanent, 125-151; New Laws, 
opposition, arguments against, 27, 125, 129, 
139, 147; operation, village life, 28; origin, 
26, 27; reasons for permanent: (inade¬ 
quacy of corregimientos, 135, 137, 143, 145; 
increase of population, 139; justice, as 
promised remuneration, 127, 131, 133; pay¬ 
ments to Indians, 141; peace and content¬ 
ment, 137, 141; pensions not substitute re¬ 
muneration, 149, 151; personal service, 149; 
preservation of Indians, 141; prevention of 
idleness, 135, 137; prosperity, 143, 145; reli¬ 
gious advantages, 133, 139; royal revenue, 
137, 141-145; stability and cultivation, 133, 
147; trade, 135-141, 145, 149; treatment of 
Indians, 139, 147-151) ; status, 24; Velasco 
on problem (1595), 221, 223 
Enriquez de Almanza, Martin, viceroy, 447, 486 
Equipment, see Supplies 
Eraso, Antonio de, counter-signatures, 93, 95, 
101, 105 
Eredia, Alonso, petition as attorney, 83 
Ervalexo, Domingo Sánchez, see Sánchez Erva- 
lexo 
Esmiquilpa, encomienda, 31 
Española, see Santo Domingo 
Espejo, Antonio de, New Mexican expedition, 
122, 193; proposals for settlement, 195 
Espinosa, Diego, memorial to, 157 
Espinosa, Gaspar de, exploration, 4 
Espinosa de la Plaza,-, licentiate, 71 
Espinosa Santillana, Maria de, evidence, 51 
Esquivel, Francisco de, commissary, inspection 
of Oñate’s expedition, 423-427; witness, 
353 
Esquivel, Juan de, in Jamaica, 4 
Esquivel, Juan de, witness, 483 
Estevánico, reconnaissance, 11; wanderings, 6 
Estrada, Alonzo de, treasurer, and Coronado, 
33; and Cortés, 8 
Estrada, Antonio de, 37 
Estrada, Beatriz de, wife of Coronado, 33 
Estrada, Francisco de, report on services, 37 
Estradiotes, 431, 486 
Expenses of expeditions, 127, 227, 307, 417 
Explorations, Cabeza de Vaca’s wanderings, in¬ 
fluence, 6, 10; California coast, 13, 207, 
214m, 257, 263; Central America, 7, 8; 
Coronado’s expedition, 11-13; Florida, 5; 
Gulf coast, 5; Mexico, 5-7; results of those 
organized in Spain, 371, 389; Soto’s, 13; 
Tierra Firme, 3, 4; Villalobos in South 
Sea, 13, 14; waning interest in northern. 
14; western coast of Mexico, 9, 11, 13; 
West Indies, 4; see also Frontier; New 
Mexico; Settlements; Supplies 
Export duties, see Import and export duties 
Falces, Marqués de (Gastón de Peralta), vice¬ 
roy, decree on Indian farms, 185; regula¬ 
tions for land measurement, 175-185, 176m; 
return to Spain, 87 
Families, see Married people 
Farfán de los Godos, Isabel, wife of Castillo, 
63 
Farfán de los Godos, Marcos, in Oñate’s ex¬ 
pedition, declaration on manifesto, 425; ex¬ 
ploration, 211 
Farms, sites for large and small cattle raising, 
size, method of measurement, 177, 181-185; 
space between Spanish, and Indian towns, 
controversy, 185-189 
Felis Dias, Juan, absence from Santa Bárbara, 
437 
Fernández, Jaime, Oñate’s alguacil, witness, 
353 
