Index 
495 
277; on exemption from import duties, 273; 
on independence of government, 269; on In¬ 
dian tribute, 273; on local government, 
267; on recruiting, 265 
Lawsuits, Indians and, hi 
League, length, 181 
Ledesma, Juan de, letter to, 115 
Ledesma, Pedro de, report on services, 37 
Legaspi, Melchior de, financial officer, removed, 
223 
Legislative powers, power to make ordinances 
in Ofiate’s and Ponce de Leon’s contracts, 
^ 245, 289, 313; viceroy and, 23 
León, Alonso de, Nuevo León, 484 
León, Guillermo de, evidence, 77 
León, Fray Hierónimo, and Ponce de Leon’s 
proposed expedition, 295 
León, Mexico, see Cerralvo 
León, New Kingdom of, see Nuevo León 
León, Nicaragua, founding, 4 
Lesquina, Gaspar de, declaration as attorney, 
4 J 7 
Lewis, Theodore H., ‘ Narrative of the Gen¬ 
tleman of Elvas,” ion.; Spanish Explor¬ 
ers, ion. 
Leyva de Bonilla, Francisco, New Mexican ex¬ 
pedition, 194, 206, 227, 315, 361, 385, 393 
Libro de las Ordenanzas y Medidas de Tierras 
y Aguas, 174m 
Lieutenant-governor, in Ofiate’s and Ponce de 
Leon’s contracts, 249, 291 
Lievana, Francisco Hernández de, signature, 93 
Llenas, -, signature, 105 
Llerena, town, 171 
Loans, requests by Oñate and Ponce de León, 
237 , 285, 345 
Loaysa,-, licentiate, 176m, 189 
Local government, in Laws of Settlement, 267; 
in Ofiate’s contract,. 245, 313, 317, 319, 329» 
333 >' Spanish colonial, 24, 25 
Lomas y Colmenares, Juan Bautista de, New 
Mexican proposals, 195, 301 
Longorio, Pedro Juárez de, oidor, Ji, 75 
López, Diego, encomienda, 95 
López, Fray Francisco, at Pueblos, fate, 193 
López, Gonzalo, agreement on encomiendas, 
qs-ioi: petitions for permanent encomien¬ 
das, 125-151 
López de Águrto, Sancho, clerk of audiencia, 
59 
López de Beteta, María, wife of Probencio, 35 
López de Bocanegra, Alonso, inquisitor, age, 
451; evidence, 451, 453 
López de Gauña, Martín, attestations, 171, 255 
López de Ibarra, Juan, in Espejo’s expedition, 
122; treasurer, 115-119 
López de Ibarra, Martín, charges against, 117, 
119; deputy governor, treasurer, death, 115 
López de Salcedo, Diego, governorship, 8 _ 
López de Tabora, Gaspar, in Ofiate’s expedition, 
evidence, 435 
López de Velasco, Juan, Geografía y Descrip¬ 
ción, I 5 n. 
López de Villalobos, Ruy, see Villalobos 
Los Angeles, see Puebla de los Angeles 
Lower California, attempted settlement, 10; ex¬ 
ploration of coast, 9, 11 
Lowery, Woodbury, Spanish Settlements, 
ion., 19m 
Luna y Arellano, Tristán de [1], Florida at¬ 
tempt, 18; services, 49, 87 
Luna y Arellano, Tristán [2], services, 49 
Luxán, Ysabel de, wife of Coronado, 33 
MacNutt, Francis A., Fernando Cortés, 86 
Madrid Avendafio, Diego de, report on ser¬ 
vices, 69, 79, 81 
Mainland, see Tierra Firme 
Maize, Indian tribute, 137, 173 
Malcaltepec, encomienda, 37 
Maldonado, Alonso de Castillo, wanderings, 6 
Maldonado, Antonio, oidor, tax commissioner, 
221 
Maldonado, Francisco, services, 49 
Maldonado, Maria, wife of Paladinas, in Coro¬ 
nado’s expedition, 47 
Maldonado Saavedra, Alonso, alcalde mayor at 
mines, 437 
Mallea, Juan de, of Culiacán, age, 481; in 
Ofiate’s expedition, evidence, 481, 483 
Manifest, taking, in Ofiate’s expedition, 423- 
427; see also Inspection 
r 
Manrique, Alvaro, shipwrecked, 109, 113 
Manrique de Zufiiga, Alvaro, see Villamanrique 
Mansos Indians, origin of name, 210 
Manzera, Marqués de, viceroy, letter on reve¬ 
nue, 173 
Mapimi, frontier and mines, 419, 437; Velasco’s 
services, 439 
Maravedí, value, 485 
Marcos de Niza, Fray, see Niza 
Mariana of Austria, regent, letter to, 173 
Marín, Luis, expedition, participant, 35, 86 
Márquez, Gerónimo, in Ofiate’s expedition, 
declaration on manifest, 425 
Married people, for New Mexico, 307, 309, 319, 
333 , 359 , 4 i 1, 419 , 423 , 427 
Marshall, Thomas M., Colonization of North 
America, ion. 
Martín, Christóbal, New Mexican proposals, 
T 94 
Martín, Estéban, in Coronado’s expedition, evi¬ 
dence, 51 
Martín, Juan, of Nombre de Dios, witness, 423 
Martin de Ribera, Francisco, witness, 171 
Martínez de Guillestegui, Juan, secretary of 
viceroy, 351 
Martinez de Montoya, Juan, and New Mexico, 
2Í5 
Mascorras Indians, pacification, 71-79 
Matehuala, founding, 17 
Matienzo, Juan Ortiz de, oidor, arrival, 43 
Matos, Mencia de, wife of Xaramillo, 31 
Mats, Indian tribute, 173 
Maudsley, Alfred P., translation of Diaz’s 
Historia, 88 
Maxcalcingo, suit over encomienda, 83 
Mayor España, as name for Nueva Galicia, 9 
Mazapil, founding, 17 
Measurements, see Land measurement 
Medina, Cosme de, witness. 483 
Medrano, Gregorio de, alcalde mayor at mines, 
439 
Melendes Marques,-, shipmaster, 255 
