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Index 
Valverde, Francisco de, in Panamá, 223 
Vargas, Francisco Díaz de, see Díaz de Vargas 
Vásquez, -, signature, 93 
Vásquez de Ayllon, Lucas, see Ayllon 
Vásquez de Coronado, Francisco, see Coronado 
Veitia Linaje, Joseph de, Norte de la Contrata¬ 
ción, 20n. 
Velarde Colodro, Juan, relief expedition, 467, 
473» 477» 479» 483 ,* hearing on services with 
Oñate, 215, 463-483 
Velasco, Juan López de, see López de Velasco 
Velasco, Juan Ramírez de, and Ibarra, 117 
Velasco, Luis de [1], viceroy, and Arellano, 
271; and settlements, 16 
Velasco, Luis de [2] (Marqués de Salinas), 
viceroy, and Oñate’s contract, 196, 199, 225- 
257, 389; and relief or abandonment of 
New Mexico, 215, 467, 469» 473 » 477 , 479 , 
483; decree on jurisdiction over Chichime- 
cas, 169, 171; interest in New Mexico, 194; 
letters of, 219, 255; on an appointment, 
223; on conditions in New Spain, taxation; 
219, 221; on dishonest shipwrecks, 223; on 
encomiendas, 221, 223; on requirements for 
leadership of New Mexican expedition, 
221; on Urdiñola, 221; royal order on 
gambling, 167; second term, 486; transfer 
to Peru, on need of financial aid, transpor¬ 
tation, 255-263; Vizcaino’s contract, 207 
Velasco, Capt. Luis de, declaration on manifest, 
427; manifest on equipment, petition for 
recompense, 216, 429-435; permission to 
leave New Mexico, 435; services with Oñ¬ 
ate and elsewhere, 215, 417-423, 435-439 
Velásquez, Diego, and Cortés’s expedition, 6; 
and Mexico, 5; in Cuba, 4 
Velásquez, Juan, recommendation on petition, 
65 
Venezuela, first settlement, 33, 86 
Venta, measurement, 181 
Vera Cruz, founding, 6; Quisahuistlan, 41 
Veragua, and Castilla del Oro, 4; independent 
jurisdiction, 10; Nicuesa’s attempted settle¬ 
ment, 3 
Vicente, Cristóbal, witness, 483 
Viceroy, and audiencia, 22, 23; control over, 
23; power and duties, 23; royal cédulas 
ignored, 63, 65 
Villafañe, Angel de, Florida attempt, 18 
Villafuerte, Juan Ruiz, exploration, 7; partici¬ 
pant, 37 
Villagrá, Gaspar de, Historia de la Nueva 
México, 196m ; on Ponce de León, 196 
Villagutierre Chumacen,-, signature, 401 
Villalobos, Gregorio, report on services, 41 
Villalobos, Ruy López de, voyage, death, 13, 14 
Villamanrique, Marqués de (Alvaro Manrique 
de Zuñiga), viceroy, and New Mexico, 427, 
486; royal order on pacifying Chichimecas, 
155 » 157 
Villanueva, Alonso de, petitions for permanent 
encomiendas, 125-151 
Villar de Franco, -, counter-signature, 189 
Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz, see Vera Cruz 
Visita, purpose, 24 
Vitoria Garayana, attempted settlement, 5; gov¬ 
ernor, 8; in Nuevo León, 18 
Vizcaino, Sebastián, contract and exploration, 
207, 214m, 257, 263 
Wardrobe, of one of Oñate’s officers, 431, 433 
Welser family, control in Venezuela, 86 
Wichita, Oñate on site, 211 
Winship, George P., Coronado Expedition, ion. 
Workshops, inspection and orders, 373 
Xaramillo, Alonzo, 31 
Xaramillo, Juan, report on services, 31; see also 
Jaramilla 
Xilotepec, encomienda, 31, 33 
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k *iv ■ **. 
Yard, length, 177 
Ybarra, see Ibarra. 
Ygueras, Las, province, 8 
Yndehe frontier, Velasco’s services, 419, 439 
Yopelgugos, conquest, 37 
Ysbabitu, encomienda, 95 
Yucatán, exploration, participant, 5, 67; gov¬ 
ernor, 8; Montejo’s services, 53, 87 
Yvarguen, Carlos de, 223 
Zacatecas, frontier advance from, 14; founding, 
15; mines, 15; revolt of Indians, 91, 93 
Zacatlán, encomienda, 33 
Zacatula, founding, 7 
Zaenz de Escobar, Joseph, witness, 176m 
Zaldivar, Juan de, with Oñate, killed, 211 
Zaldivar, Vicente de, family, 443, 447, 449, 453, 
457, 461; services, 447 
Zaldivar Mendoza, Vicente de, age, 477; as 
Oñate’s agent in Spain, 212, 213, 401, 405- 
409; depositions, 216; evidence on Velarde’s 
services, 477-481; explorations after con¬ 
quest, 211; in march to Quivira ; 479; 
maestre de compo, 401; punishes Ácoma, 
211; rear guard, 210; reconnaissance to 
Rio Grande, 209, 397 
Zapalinamé, in Charcas, 17 
Zapata, -, Gómez, signature, 93 
Zesar, Gregorio, with Ofíate, witness, 425 
Zipotecas, conquest, 35 
Zores de Ulloa, Isabel, wife of Porras, 69 
Zuñi pueblos, Coronado’s expedition, 12; Oñate 
at, 211; Rodriguez and Espejo at, 113, 122, 
193 
Zuñiga, -, signature, 105 
Zuñiga y Acevedo, Gaspar de, see Monterey, 
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