494 
Index 
Hughes, Anne, Beginnings of Spanish Settle¬ 
ment, i6n. 
Huípiles, Indian tribute, 173 
Hull, Dorothy, “ Castaño de Sosa’s Expedi¬ 
tion,” 194m, 484n. 
Humana, Antonio Gutiérrez de, see Gutiérrez 
de Humaña 
Hurtado de Mendoza, Diego, exploration, 9; 
participant, 37 
Ibarra, Diego de, and appointment of nephew, 
purchase, 115-119; and mines, 15; charges 
against, 117; governor of Nueva Vizcaya, 
16; letters of, 105, 107, 109, 113, 115; on 
condition of Indians, 109, ill; on expedi¬ 
tion to Pueblos, 113; on his frontier ser¬ 
vices, 115; on his health, 113; on mainte¬ 
nance of friars and prelate, 107, 109; on 
new mines, royal fifth and duties, 109-115; 
on unpopular mining decree, 105, 107 
Ibarra, Francisco de, capitulation on rights, 
119; death, 16; frontier services, 115; gov¬ 
ernor of Nueva Vizcaya, 15; in Charcas, 
17; mining activity, 15, 16; order to, on 
salt, 103 
Ibarra (Ybarra), Juan de, counter-signatures, 
121, 169, 303, 321, 323, 325 , 329, 335 , 399 , 
4°9 
Ibarra, Juan López de, see López de Ibarra 
Ibarra, Martín López de, see López de Ibarra 
Ibarra (Ybarra), Miguel de, Mixton war, 43 
Icazbalceta, Joaquin Garcia, Colección de 
Documentes, 27m 
Imperio mero mixto, for Oñate, 235, 241, 484 
Import and export duties, exemption in Oñate’ s 
and Ponce de Leon’s contracts, 249, 271, 
273 , 291, 315, 333, 339; in Laws of Settle¬ 
ment, 273 
Indé mine, 16 
Indians, and causes and effects of civil wars, 
160; and conversion, 161; and labor, 159; 
and lawsuits, in; and negroes in Nueva 
Vizcaya, 111; as royal wards, 26, 93; causes 
of evils, misinformation, inattention, 161, 
163; control of audiencia, 22; control of 
corregidor, 25; established at San Felipe, 
16; enslavement in New Mexico, 219; in¬ 
crease in tribute (1671), 173, 175; interpre¬ 
ters for Ofiate’s and Ponce de Leon’s expe¬ 
ditions, 235, 285, 315, 331 \ jornadas against, 
159; memorial on extinction, 157-167; pro¬ 
posed council to consider evils, 165; recon¬ 
centration, 101, 103, 157; space between 
Spanish farms and Indian towns, contro¬ 
versy, 185-189; specimen order on control 
over, 437; tribute in Laws of Settlement, 
273; tribute in Ofiate’s and Ponce de Leon’s 
contracts, 233, 249, 273, 275, 291, 319, 403; 
Velasco on conduct of conquerors toward, 
221; see also Aztecs; Chichimecas ; Cholu- 
lans ; Chontales; Encomienda system; Gua- 
chichiles; Mansos; Mascorros; Missions; 
Mixton war; Pataragueyes; Queres; 
Taños; Tarahumares; Tlascaltecans; Tri¬ 
bute; Yopelgugos; Zacatecas; Zufii 
Inquisition in New Spain, cruzada, 57, 87; in¬ 
terference with civil courts, 221; status, 26 ; 
viceroy’s supervision, 23 
Inspection of Ofiate’s expedition, question of 
complete manifest, 423-429; see also Ulloa 
y Lemos, Lope 
Institute of Merchants, 407 
Interpreters, for Ofiate’s and Ponce de Leon’s 
expeditions, 235, 285, 315, 331 
Jalisco, Castilla’s expedition, 86; Mixton war, 
43 , 45 , 87 
Jamaica, settlement, 4 
Jaramilla, Juan, evidence, 63; sec also Xara- 
millo 
Jarava,-, in Mexico, 53, 87 
Jaumave, El, province, 73 
Jémez pueblo, Oñate at, 210 
Jesuits, and Ponce de Leon’s contract, 307; at 
San Felipe, 16; in Florida, 18, 19; in New 
Spain, 26; in Nueva Vizcaya, royal order 
on, 121 
Jiménez, Fortun, exploration of western coast, 
9 
Jornadas, 159 
Joseph, Don, Indian, 71 
Juan, Don, Indian, 71 
Juárez de Longorio, Pedro, oidor, 71, 75 
Juárez de Ovalle, Juan, licentiate, 75 
Jumano pueblo, Oñate at, 211 
Junta de guerra, 23 
Junta de guerra y hacienda, 23 
Kansas, see Quivira 
King, cédulas and other orders, 65, 83, 91, 93, 
95, 101, 103, 105, 121, 155, 157, 167, 185, 
219, 303 , 305 , 323(2), 325, 329 ( 3 ), 33 i( 5 ), 
333 ( 5 ), 335 ( 3 ), 337 ( 5 ), 339 ( 4 ), 34i(2), 
343 ( 4 ), 345 , 349(2), 403, 405, 407, 409(2), 
413, 415; control, over colonial church, 25; 
in colonial administration, 19; letters to, 
105, 107, 109, 1 13, 1 17 , 125, 127, 147 , 1 5 L 
219, 255, 257, 259, 293, 303, 345 , 347 , 349 , 
369, 377, 405 ; see also Philip II.; Philip III. 
Lacerna, Ambrosio de, evidence, 79 
Laguna,-, signature, 399 
Lainez del Castillo, Bernardina, wife of Bar¬ 
rios León, 63 
Lake Nicaragua, discovery, 8 
Land, grants in Ofiate’s and Ponce de Leon’s 
contracts, 239, 287, 317, 335; space between 
Indian towns and Spanish farms, contro¬ 
versy, 185-189; see also next title, and En¬ 
comienda 
Land measurement, batán, 181; caballería, 179; 
corrected regulations, 175-185, 174m, 176m; 
criadero, 179; cuadra mayor y menor, 181; 
huerta and suerte, 179; league, 181; loca¬ 
tion of house, 185; means of access, 185; 
method for sitios and other plots, prece¬ 
dence, 181-185; molino, 181; sitios de gan¬ 
ado mayor y menor, 177; solar, 181; venta, 
181; yard and ccrdel, 177 
Lara Cervantes, Lucas, evidence, 443-447 
Las Casas, see Casas 
Laws, Spanish colonial code, 20; see also next 
title 
Laws of Settlement of 1573, 194, 484; obliga¬ 
tion in Ponce de Leon’s contract, 233, 309, 
311; on encomiendas, 275; on ennoblement, 
