Index 
501 
slaves and Indians in Nueva Vizcaya, III; 
negro slaves in Ponce de Leon's contract, 
.293. 317, 321, 331 
Smith, Buckingham, Colección de Varios Docu¬ 
mentos, ion. 
Smith, Clara A., acknowledgment to, 218m 
Solar, measurement, 181 
Soldiers, see Arms and Armor; Forces; Muske¬ 
teers ; Recruiting 
Solórzano y Pereyra, Juan de, Política Indiana, 
2on. 
Sombrerete mine, 15 
Sosa Abornóz, Alonso de, in Oñate’s expedi¬ 
tion, declaration on manifest, 425, 427 
Sosa Peñalosa, Francisco de, declaration or 
manifest, 425; in Oñate’s expedition, 421, 
423; jurisdiction over Chichimecas, 169, 
171; lieutenant-governor, 425, 435; on Ve¬ 
lasco’s services, 435 
Soto, Hernando de, claim to Seven Cities, 12; 
exploration, 13; in Honduras, 8 
Sotomayor, Beatrice Méndez de, see Méndez 
de Sotomayor 
South Sea, Cortés’s towns, 7; exploration of 
coast, 4, 9, 11, 13; Oñate’s attempts to 
reach, 211, 214, 465, 469, 471, 475, 479, 481; 
Ponce de Leon’s contract on exploration, 
311; shipbuilders and pilots for Oñate, 212, 
401, 405, 407; Villalobos’s voyage, 13, 14; 
Vizcaino’s expedition, 207, 214m, 257, 263 
Southwestern Historical Quarterly, i8n. 
Standard in Oñate’s expedition, 429 
Strait, search for, 3, 5, 194, 195 
Suárez de Mendoza, Lorenzo, see Coruña 
Succession, in Oñate’s and Ponce de Leon’s 
contracts, 251, 291, 321 
Súchil valley, muster of Onate’s force, 419- 
423, 427 
Suerte, measurement, 179 
Sugar mills, in Ponce de Leon’s contract, 317 
Supplies and equipment, Oñate’s and Ponce de 
Leon’s lists, 227-231, 281, 283, 307, 309, 371, 
373 , 423, 429-433; see also Ammunition; 
Arms and armor 
Tabasco, conquest, participants, 37, 39, 67, 86 
Tabora, Gaspar López de, see López de Tabora 
Tagamasapa, crown town, 59 
Taiacoato, see Tayacoato 
Tampico, see Pánuco 
Taños Indians, Espejo’s visit, 193 
Tapira, encomienda, 95 
Taracoato, see Tayacoato 
Tarahumares Indians, interpreters for Oñate, 
235 , 484 
Tasco, crown town, 59; mines, 35 
Taxation, and permanent encomiendas, 137, 
141; exemptions in Oñate’s and Ponce de 
Leon’s contracts, 249, 271, 273, 291, 315, 
317, 321, 331 - 335 , 3395.on lands and for¬ 
eigners, 221; see also Fifth; Tribute 
Tayacoato (Taiacoato, Taracoato), encomien¬ 
da, 95, 99 
Tedomo, encomienda, 95 
Teguacán, encomienda, 83, 85 
Tello, Francisco, oidor, and gambling, 167 
Temistitlán, name for city of Mexico, 43, 86 
Tenebama, encomienda, 95 
Teniente de gran chanciller, 21 
Tenorio, Juan, treasurer, 171 
Tewa Indians, pueblo, 210 
Theatines, and Ponce de León’s contract, 283, 
297, 484 
Tierra Firme, Castilla del Oro, 4; exploration 
and settlement, 3 
Tiguex, Coronado in, 53, 87; Rodríguez in, 
Tlascaltecans (Tlascalans, Tlaxcaltecos), and 
Cortés, 6; at San Éstéban, 18; at San 
Felipe, 16; at San Pedro de Álamo, 17; 
settlement in Chichimeca lands, 155, 169 
Tlaxcala, Luna y Arellano as governor, 49 
Todos Santos mines, 437 
Toledo, Agustín Alvarez de, see Álvarez de 
Toledo 
Toperi, encomienda, 95 
Torquemada, Bartolomé Rodríguez, see Rodrí¬ 
guez Torquemada 
Torre, Luís de la, 81 
Torre, María de la, wife of Orantes, 83 
Torre Altamirano, Agustín de la, petition for 
office, service of ancestors, 81-85 
Towns, grants to, and administration in Ponce 
de León’s contract, 317, 331, 335; Indian, 
space of Spanish farms from, 185-189 
Trade, permanent encomiendas and, 135-141, 
145, 149 
Transportation, in Ponce de León’s contract, 
293, 297, 299, 315 , 319 , 341 
Treasury, in Oñate’s and Ponce de León’s con¬ 
tracts, 243, 287, 313, 339 
Tres Marias Islands, discovery, 9 
Tribute, Indian, articles, auction, 137, 173; in¬ 
crease (1671), 173, 175; in Oñate’s and 
Ponce de León’s contracts, 233, 249, 273, 
291, 319; Oñate’s later authorization, 403; 
see also Encomienda system 
Trinidad, Cuba, founding, 4 
Tula, in Charcas, 17 
Turcios, Antonio de, clerk of audiencia, 43 
Ulloa, Francisco de, voyage on western coast, 
11 
Ulloa y Lemos, Lope de, as inspector of Oña¬ 
te’s expedition, and check of expedition, 
198, 203, 204, 208, 351, 353 , 359 , 365 , 371 , 
377 , 383, 391, 393, 423, 425 , 447 ; Oñate on 
services, 359, 379 
Universidad de los Mercaderes, 407, 485 
University of California Chronicle, 486 
University of California Publications, i6n. 
Urabá, Ojeda’s attempted settlement, 3 
Urdiñola, Francisco de [1], death, 17; frontier 
advance, 16, 17 
Urdiñola, Francisco de [2], frontier advance, 
17; governor of Nueva Vizcaya, appoint¬ 
ment of Velasco, 437; New Mexican pro¬ 
posals, murder of wife, 195, 221, 301 
Vaillo,-, signature, 105 
Valderrama, -, signature, 93 
Valle, second Marqués del, visita, 87 
Valle de Oaxaca, Marqués del, see Cortés, 
Hernando 
Vallejo, Maria de, wife of Estrada, 37 
Valmaseda, Francisco de, witness, 99 
