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and his parents, and other elderly persons, discuss the conquest
of Florida, particularly because Gonzalo de Malpasso, a relative
of this witness, had taken part in the conquest of Florida and
had suffered there the same hardships as the said Captain Andres
Dorantes de Carranza; besides having heard of said Andres Do-
rantes' experiences there many and divers times, from many of
the Conquistadores of New Spain.
This witness saw that Don Antonio de Mendoza much esteemed
and honored the said Andres Dorantes de Carranza as a worthy
and meritorious gentleman.
Two other witnesses, Francisco Pacheco de Figueroa, aged 50
years, and Luis Lopes Vejerano, aged 64 years, testified, prin-
cipally from hearsay and common notoriety, to substantially the
same facts as did the four quoted.
Nine years later, on July 3, 1622, on the basis of this evi-
dence, "as to the merits, qualities and services of his father and
grandfathers, who were among the first and most important Con-
quistadores of New Spain," a royal cedula directed the viceroy
of New Spain to employ Don Sancho Dorantes de Carranza in
office in Yucatan, Jalapa, Colima, Tlascala or Vera Cruz.
Andr6s Dorantes died some time prior to June 24, 1573, since
a Royal C6dula of that date recites that "A lawsuit having been
brought in our Council of the Indies between Antonio Ruis de
Castafieda, as husband and partner of Dofia Antonia de Bena-
vides, his wife, and Maria de la Torre, widow and former wife
of AndrBs de Dorantes, deceased, resident of this city, in regard
to the apportionment of the Indians of Mexcalcingo, by the de-
cisions resulting from the examination and re-examination, let it
be ordered that the half of the town of Teguacan which had
been apportioned to the said Antonio Ruis de Castafieda be added
to and incorporated in our royal crown, as the other half was."3a
3. Mendoza's Projected Expedition to the Northern Lands
Prior to the discovery of B'ltasar Dorantes' manuscript, all
that was known of the family history of Andres Dorantes and his
life subsequent to his arrival in New Spain was told in Naufragios
and in letters of the Viceroy, Antonio de Mendoza.
"Ibid., 491.
saCharles W. Hackett, ed., Historical Documents relating to New Mew-
ioo, Nueva Vizcaya and approaches thereto, to 1778, Vol. I, p. 83.130
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