Members of Expedition At-A-Glance

don Luis de León, indio

1540-1550:

AGN, Instituciones Coloniales, GD72, Real Audiencia, Mercedes, vol.2, exp. 240, 1543 [fols. 93v – 94r: En México, June 24, 1543: Luis de León, indio, is given license to ride a horse and carry a sword “atento que fuystes a la tierra nueva en servicio de su magestad donde servisteis de interprete;” and he continues to serve as lengua mexicana española];

Francisco Jiménez, indio

1530-1540:

?AGN, Instituciones Coloniales, GD61, Inquisición, vol.42, exp.16bis, 1539 [fol.142: case against Marcos and Francisco, indios for palabras deshonestas?, 6 June 1539, Mexico, Francisco is in jail, native of Santiago, baptized, married, doesn't know how to write]

1540-1550:

don Martín Guavzin, indio

1540-50:

AGI, Justicia, 258, pieza 1, “Visita hecha al Virrey, 1544” [governador que fue de santiago] [went on expedition according to Francisco Yautl] [de seis Jornadas desta ciudad volvyo el dicho don martyn enfermo que cayo de un Caballo y con el volvyeron muchos yndios]; dead by June 1546]

Other info: Berdan and Anawalt, Essential Codex Mendoza [fol. 64r and 67r];

Gaspar, indio

1580-1590:

Hammond and Rey, Narratives of the Coronado Expedition [p.186: at Halona in 1583 (this may be the Andrés mentioned by Jaramillo and may have been a Tarascan living at a community at Coyoacán); p.225:Andrés (from Coyoacán), Gaspar (from México), and Antón (from Guadalajara) at Zuni pueblos]

After 1590:

Hammond and Rey, Oñate [p.395: 1598-Gaspar is dead; had two sons, one is Alonso]

Damián, indio

1540-50:

AGN, Instituciones Coloniales, GD72, Real Audiencia, Mercedes, vol.2, exp. 23, 1542 [frame 25: licencia to Damián, indio principal y natural de México en el barrio de San Sebastián, to have and ride a horse and carry a sword, atento que en servicio de su magestad fuystes a la tierra nueva, December 23, 1542];