Documents of the Coronado Expedition, 1539–1542: "They Were Not Familiar with His Majesty, nor Did They Wish to Be His Subjects"

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gh illustrations / x General introduction / 1 sd Document 1 / 21 Letter of Vázquez de Coronado to the King, December 15, 1538 Document 2 / 31 Letter of Vázquez de Coronado to Viceroy Mendoza, March 8, 1539 Document 3 / 37 Letter of Vázquez de Coronado to the King, July 15, 1539 Document 4 / 45 Letter of the Viceroy to the King, 1539 Document 5 / 51 Decree of the King Appointing Vázquez de Coronado Governor of Nueva Galicia, April 18, 1539 Document 6 / 59 The Viceroy’s Instructions to Fray Marcos de Niza, November 1538, and Narrative Account by Fray Marcos de Niza, August 26, 1539 Document 7 / 89 Letters from Antonio de Mendoza and Rodrigo de Albornoz, October 1539 Contents Document 8 / 95 Testimony of Witnesses in Habana Regarding Fray Marcos’s Discoveries, November 1539 Document 9 / 106 The Viceroy’s Appointment of Vázquez de Coronado to Lead the Expedition, January 6, 1540 Document 10 / 114 The King’s Confirmation of Vázquez de Coronado’s Appointment, June 11, 1540 Document 11 / 118 Testimony of Juan Bermejo and of Vázquez de Coronado’s Purchasing Agent, Juan Fernández Verdejo, 1552 Document 12 / 135 Muster Roll of the Expedition, Compostela, February 22, 1540 Document 13 / 164 Record of Mexican Indians Participating in the Expedition, 1576 Document 14 / 171 Hearing on Depopulation Charges, February 26, 1540 Document 15 / 185 Narrative of Alarcón’s Voyage, 1540 Document 16 / 223 The Viceroy’s Instructions to Hernando Alarcón, May 31, 1541 Document 17 / 233 The Viceroy’s Letter to the King, Jacona, April 17, 1540 Document 18 / 242 Hernán Cortés’s Brief to Carlos V Concerning the Injuries Done to Him by the Viceroy of Nueva España, June 25, 1540 Document 19 / 252 Vázquez de Coronado’s Letter to the Viceroy, August 3, 1540 Document 20 / 271 Formation of a Company between Mendoza and Pedro de Alvarado, Tiripitío, November 29, 1540 Document 21 / 285 Account of Pedro de Alvarado’s Armada, 1541 Document 22 / 289 Traslado de las Nuevas (Anonymous Narrative), 1540 Document 23 / 296 La Relación Postrera de Cíbola (Fray Toribio de Benavente’s Narrative), 1540s Document 24 / 303 Hernando de Alvarado’s Narrative, 1540 Document 25 / 309 Letter from Viceroy Mendoza to Fernández de Oviedo, October 6, 1541 Document 26 / 317 Vázquez de Coronado’s Letter to the King, October 20, 1541 Document 27 / 326 Disposal of the Juan Jiménez Estate, 1542 (Copy, 1550) Document 28 / 378 The Relación de la Jornada de Cíbola, Pedro de Castañeda de Nájera’s Narrative, 1560s (copy, 1596) Document 29 / 494 The Relación del Suceso (Anonymous Narrative), 1540s Document 30 / 508 Juan Jaramillo’s Narrative, 1560s Document 31 / 525 Juan Troyano’s Proof of Service, 1560 Document 32 / 533 Melchior Pérez’s Petition for Preferment, 1551 Document 33 / 554 Cristóbal de Escobar’s Proof of Service, 1543 Document 34 / 581 Vázquez de Coronado’s Petition for Recovery of Encomiendas, 1553 sd Acknowledgments / 589 Abbreviations used in the Appendixes, notes, and references / 591 Appendix 1. Biographical Data / 592 Appendix 2. Geographical Data / 598 Appendix 3. Known members of the coronado expedition / 605 Appendix 4. Requerimiento / 616 notes / 620 Glossary / 705 Bibliography / 708 index / 724 ...