498 
Index 
385, 393, 435; efforts to regain authoriza¬ 
tion, Monterey, Riego, reasons, 202, 204- 
206, 347, 369-373, 379-395; explorations 
after conquest, 211, 214, 465, 469, 471, 475, 
479-483; further privileges, title of adelan¬ 
tado, 212, 397, 399, 403, 405 ; guarantee to, in 
contract, disregard of, 196, 201, 251, 253, 
291, 295, 299, 301, 321; help from family, 
245 , 357 , 385 , 393 , 443 , 445 , 453 , 457 , 461; in¬ 
spection of expedition, services of Ulloa, 
completeness of manifest, 198, 208, 359, 
365, 371 , 377 , 383, 391 , 393 , 423-429, .447; 
letters of, 353, 395; materials on expedition, 
209; order on preparations, 421; personal 
equipment, 229, 423, 425; preparations, war¬ 
rant, time, supplies and equipment, 198, 
227-231, 369, 377 , 417 - 423 , 429 - 435 ; propos¬ 
als compared with Ponce de Leon’s, 198, 
281-293, 303; renewal of authorization, 203, 
206, 345; request for punishment of desert¬ 
ers, 367; services of various officers, 417, 
435-439, 463-483; statement on. services of 
officer, 467, 469; takes possession, 210 
Ontiberos, Hernando de, ranch, 363 
Orantes, Andrés de, 83 
“ Ordenanzas hechas para los Nuevos Descu¬ 
brimientos,” 194m, 484 
Ordinances, power in Oñate’s and Ponce de 
Leon’s contracts, 245, 289, 313 
Orozco, Francisco de, exploration, 7 
Orozco, Wistano Luís, Legislación sobre Ter¬ 
renos Baldíos, 25m 
Ortiz de Matienzo, Juan, see Matienzo 
Osorio (Ossorio) de Agüero (Agurto), Mar¬ 
tin, clerk of audiencia, certifications, 441, 
461, 463 
Otalora, Pedro de, acting president of audien¬ 
cia, order by, 441, 463 
Ovacania (Ovaxania), encomienda, 95 
Ovalle, Juan Juárez de, licentiate, 75 
Pacheco de Figuera, Luis, evidence, 59 
Pacific Ocean, see South Sea 
Padilla, Antonio de, order issued by, 105 
Paladines, Juan de, evidence, 61, 63; report on 
services, 45, 47 
Palma (Palmar) de Vega mine, 71, 77 
Panamá, province, erection, 4 
Panamá, town, founding, capital, 4 
Pañella Fuentes, Gonzalo, inspection, 171 
Pánuco, frontier post and advance, 14, 18; 
governor, 8; province under audiencia of 
New Spain, 8;. settlement, 5-7; survivors of 
Soto’s expedition at, 14 
Pardiñas, Bernardo Antonio de, counter-signa¬ 
ture, 189 
Paría, and Castilla del Oro, 4 
Parra, see Rodriguez Parra 
Pataragueyes Indians, 397 
Paul IV., Theatines, 484 
Paz, La, Cortés’s settlement, 9 
Paz de Vallecillo (Pas de Vallesillo), Juan, 
fiscal, 441, 443, 457 
Pecos pueblo, Oñate at, 210 
Pecos (Salado, Vacas) River, exploration, 193, 
435 
Pedrarias Dávila, governor, and Balboa, 4 
Pedro, Don, Indian, 71 
Pedro de la Cruz spring, Oñate at, 425 
Peña, Juan de la, report on reconcentration of 
Indians, 101 
Penas de cámara, for the college, 375, 485 
Peñol Blanca, 363 
Peralta, Gastón de, see Fakes 
Peralta, Pedro de, governor of New Mexico, 
and Santa Fé, 215 
Peralta y Sidonia, Alonso, evidence, 77 
Pérez, Alonzo, encomienda, 59 
Pérez, Hernán, on permanent encomiendas, 151- 
T 55 ... 
Pérez, Martín, takes over mining region, 15 
Pérez, Melchior, 37 
Pérez Buscavida, Anton, report on services, 37 
Pérez de Donis (Denis), Juan, clerk of Oña¬ 
te’s expedition, certifications, 419, 425, 433 
Pérez Recio, Alonso, 37 
Peru, encomiendas in, 277; transportation of 
viceroy to, 255-263 
Petatlán River, 16 
Pétriz Crúzate, Domingo Jironza, see Crúzate 
Philip II., and colonial administration, 19; and 
Florida, 18; and New Mexico expedition, 
199-203, 206, 303, 305, 349 ; see also King 
Philip III., and Oñate, interest in New Mexico, 
212-215; see also King 
Philippines, archbishop delayed in New Spain, 
121; named, 13; raising men for, 259; resi¬ 
dence in, 279; Sandes’s services as gover- 
nor, 55; trouble over ships on Acapulco 
route, 259-363; under viceroy of New 
Spain, 23 
Pilots, for Oñate, 212, 401, 405-411 
Pineda, Alonso, exploration of Gulf coast, 5 
Pinto, Agustín, clerk of audiencia, 45 
Ponce de León, Juan, in Florida, 5, 371, 485; 
in Porto Rico, 4 
Ponce de León, Luis, and Cortés, 8; and en¬ 
comiendas, 127 
Ponce de León, Pedro, consideration of pro¬ 
posals, contract, special grants, 200-202, 
3 0 5 - 343 ; contest with Oñate for governor¬ 
ship of New Mexico, 196-207; estate, rea¬ 
sons for expedition, 299, 301; in New 
Spain, 293; Monterey and contest, 207, 379- 
389, 393, 395; opinions of Council of In¬ 
dies on proposals and character, 293, 295, 
301-305 ; proposals, modifications, compared 
with Oñate’s, 198-200, 281-299, 303; rea¬ 
sons against grant, 383-389; reversal, 202, 
345-349.; time of preparation, 307 
Popayán, bishop of, and colonial evils, 163 
Popayán, destruction of Indians, 159 
Porras, Estéban de, 69; services, 75 
Porras y Ulloa, Juan de, report on services, 
69-81 
Porto Rico, as base of exploration, 5; settle¬ 
ment, 4 
Presidency, status, 22 
Priestley, Herbert I., José de Galvez, 23m, “ Old 
University of Mexico,” 486 
Probencio, Francisco, 35 
Procuradores, petitions for permanent encomi¬ 
endas, 125-151 
Provinces, types of government, 24 
Puebla de los Ángeles, muster of Oñate’s force, 
369; workshops, inspection, orders, 373 
