¹John R. Swanton, Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission (Washington, DC, 1939). The second edition, printed in 1985, is followed here.

²The four chroniclers of the de Soto expedition are: Rodrigo Rangel, who wrote a diary of the expedition included in Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, Historia natural y moral de las Indias; Fidalgo de Elvas, Relação Verdadeira; Luis Hernández de Biedma, Relación del suceso de la jornada a la isla de la Florida; Garcilaso de la Vega, La Florida del Inca. Historia del adelantado Hernando de Soto, gobernador y capitán general del reino de la Florida, y de otros heróicos caballeros españoles e indios. Good English translations of Rangel, Hernandez de Biedma, and the Gentleman of Elvas are found in Edward Gaylord Bourne, Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto, 2 volumes (New York, 1904). A good translation of La Florida del Inca is Garcilaso de ]a Vega, The Florida of the Inca (Austin, Texas, 1951).

The original documents published in the nineteenth century are found in Buckingham Smith, Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto in the Conquest of Florida (New York, 1866). The transcription of the passenger registry in Spain for the Florida expedition is found in Antonio de Solar y Toboada and Josh Rújula y Ochotorena, El Adelantado Hernando de Soto (Badajoz, 1929).

³Garcilaso de la Vega, The Florida of the Inca, (Austin, Texas, 1951), p. 22.

⁴Buckingham Smith, Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto in the Conquest of Florida, p. 12. This work is cited so often that I have used the author's last name followed by a dash and the page number where the citation is found. Therefore this citation is identified as Smith-12.

⁵The first transcription is found in Antonio de Solar y Toboada y José de Rújula y Ochotorena, El Adelantado Hernando de Soto (Badajoz, 1929). Since this source is mentioned often here it is abbreviated with the initials of the last names of the authors, SR, followed by a dash and the page number where the citation is found. Alonso Raya appears twice in this transcription, SR-291 and SR-304. The women listed are Ines de Herrera, SR-298, Isabel de Mejia and Leonor de Volaños, SR-307. The "color loro" men are Alonso de Pereda, SR-293, Luis Moreno, SR-295, Bernaldo Loro, SR-320, Pedro de la Torre, SR-305, and Juan Martin, SR-333.

The second transcription was made between 1940 and 1946 under the direction of Cristóbal Bermúdez Plata, then director of the Archivo General de Indias. This work, which is generally accepted as accurate, was published in three volumes under the title Catálogo de Pasajeros a Indias (Sevilla, 1940-1946) and is cited here with the initials CBP. In Volume II, the names of Pedro de Miguez, Francisco de Llera and Juan Barrionuevo, pp. 223 and 234, Isabel Sayaga p. 234, Bartolome Sanchez (under Garcia Rodriguez Carreto) p.241, Ines Rodriguez (under Francisco de Cisneros) p. 247, Isabel de Herrera (under Juan Clemente) p. 249, all registered for Florida, are included.

⁶This document is found in the Archivo General de Indias in Sevilla, abbreviated as AGI. It is included in Section V, Audiencia de Santo Domingo and identified with the legajo number 18. The abbreviated citation, of international acceptance, is AGI, Santo Domingo 118, year 1539.

⁷Smith-231.

⁸Bourne, Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto, vol. II, p. 52.

⁹De la Vega, The Florida, p. 617.

¹⁰Smith-176 and 195.

¹¹De la Vega, The Florida, p. 617.

¹²AGI, Patronato 19, N. 2, Relación de Luis Hernandez de Biedma.

¹³JRS-349 to 371.

¹⁴Francisco A. de Icaza, Diccionario autobiográfico de conquistadores y pobladores de Nueva España, 2 vols. (Guadalajara, 1969), 11, 20. Due to its frequent use, this work is abbreviated with the initials of the author, FAI. The citation becomes FAI, vol. 11, 20.

¹⁵Smith-273.

¹⁶AGI, Patronato 57, N. 1, R.4, probanza Juan de Añasco, 1544-1597.

¹⁷AGI, México 204, probanza Baltasar de Gallegos, 1545. See also JRS-350.

¹⁸AGI, Patronato 150, N. 14, R. 1, probanza Pedro de Arevalo, 1556-1562.

¹⁹AGI Patronato 77, N. 1, R. 1, probanza Hernan Suarez, 1557-1572.

²⁰JRS-351.

²¹AGI, Patronato 105, N. 6, probanza Juan Cordero, 1561, and AGI Patronato 97, N.1, R.6, probanza Gómez Ariasole Avile.

²²AGI, Patronato 111, N. 7, probanza Pedro Arias, 1563.

²³JRS-351.

²⁴AGI, Patronato 105, N. 6, probanza Juan Cordero, 1561.

²⁵CBP vol. II, 267.

²⁶FAI vol. II, 172.

²⁷AGI, Patronato 51, N. 3, R. 2, probanza Alonso Vazquez, 1560. An English version of this probanza appeared in Smith-308 to 309; it has been followed here. AGI, Justicia 750A and 75013, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon.

²⁸AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon.

²⁹AGI, Justicia 750A and 75013, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon.

³⁰AGI, Patronato 101, N. 1, R. 18, probanza Gonzalo Silvestre, 1558.

³¹JRS-352.

³²SR-276 and CBP vol. II, 234.

³³AGI, Patronato 63, R.9, probanza Garcia Osorio, 1560.

³⁴AGI, Patronato 19, N. 1, R. 15, cited in Eugene Lyon, manuscript at the P. K. Yonge Library of Florida History, University of Florida Libraries, Gainesville, Fl, "The Cañete Fragment another narrative of Hernando de Soto" (S.1: s.n.), 1982.

³⁵AGI, Mexico 204, probanza Baltasar de Gallegos, 1545.

³⁶AGI, Patronato 150, N. 14, R. 6, probanza Pedro de Arevalo, 1556-1562.

³⁷JRS-353.

³⁸Bourne, Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto, vol. II, 156-157.

³⁹AGI, Mexico 204, probanza Baltasar de Gallegos, 1545.

⁴⁰AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon.

⁴¹AGI, Patronato 60, N. 5, R. 7, probanza Rodrigo Vazquez, 1554.

⁴²AGI, Patronato 77, N. 1, R. 1 probanza Hernan Suarez, 1557-1572.

⁴³AGI, Patronato 69, R. 2, probanza Sebastian de Villegas, 1569.

⁴⁴AGI, Patronato 51, N. 3, R. 1, probanza Garcia Osorio, 1560 and AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon.

⁴⁵Bourne, Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto, vol. II, p. 155.

⁴⁶JRS-354, and AGI, Patronato 105, R.7, probanza Juan Cordero, 1561.

⁴⁷FAI, vol. II, p. 168.

⁴⁸AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1547.

⁴⁹JRS-354.

⁵⁰AGI, Indiferente general 1205, year 1537.

⁵¹AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon. AGI, Patronato 60, N. 5, R. 7, probanza Rodrigo Vazquez, 1554. AGI, Patronato 63, R. 9, probanza Garcia Osorio, 1560.

⁵²FAI, vol. II, p. 43.

⁵³JRS-354.

⁵⁴JRS-355 and AGI, Mexico 204, probanza Baltasar de Gallegos, 1545.

⁵⁵FAI, vol. II, p. 338.

⁵⁶AGI, Patronato 57, N. 1, R. 4, probanza Juan de Añasco, 1544-1597.

⁵⁷AGI, Santo Domingo 118, 1539.

⁵⁸FAI, vol. II, p. 9.

⁵⁹JRS-356.

⁶⁰AGI, Mexico 204, probanza de Baltasar de Gallegos, 1545.

⁶¹JRS-356.

⁶²AGI, Patronato 51, N. 3, R. 1, probanza Garcia Osorio, 1560.

⁶³AGI, Patronato 57, N. 1, R. 4, probanza Juan de Añasco, 1544-1597. Some of the pages of this document are misplaced and at least one folio is missing. Therefore, care must be observed in reading the pages in their proper sequence.

⁶⁴AGI, Patronato 57, N. 1, R. 4, probanza Juan de Añasco, 1544-1597. The same note of caution applies here as well.

⁶⁵AGI, Patronato 101, N. 1, R. 18, probanza Gonzalo Silvestre, 1558.

⁶⁶AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1547.

⁶⁷AGI, Patronato 77, N. 1, R. 1, probanza Hernan Suarez, 1557-1572.

⁶⁸AGI, Patronato 150, N. 14, R. 6, probanza Pedro de Arevalo, 1556-1562.

⁶⁹FAI, vol. I, p. 173.

⁷⁰JRS-359.

⁷¹AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon.

⁷²AGI, Patronato 51, N. 3, R. 1, probanza Garcia Osorio, 1560.

⁷³AGI, Patronato 77, N. 1, R.1, probanza Hernan Suarez, 1555-1572. See Diego de Vargas' testimony.

⁷⁴AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1547.

⁷⁵JRS-360.

⁷⁶AGI, Patronato 101, N. 1, R. 18, probanza Gonzalo Silvestre, 1558.

⁷⁷AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1547.

⁷⁸JRS-361 and AGI, Patronato 57, N. 1, R. 4, probanza Juan de Añasco, 1544-1597.

⁷⁹FAI, vol. II, p. 217.

⁸⁰AGI, Patronato 51, N. 3, R. 2, probanza Alonso Vasquez, 1560.

⁸¹AGI, Patronato 63, R. 10, probanza Gonzalo Mendez, 1560.

⁸²AGI, Patronato 63, R. 9, probanza Garcia Osorio, 1561.

⁸³FAI, vol. I, p. 257.

⁸⁴AGI, Patronato 109, N. 1, R. 4, information made upon request of Leonor de Soto, natural daughter of Hernando de Soto, 1562.

⁸⁵FAI, vol. I, p. 162.

⁸⁶CDI, vol. X, p. 237-238.

⁸⁷AGI, Mexico 95, 1543.

⁸⁸AGI, Justicia 750A and 75013, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1547 and 1550.

⁸⁹JRS-362.

⁹⁰AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1547. JRS-363.

⁹¹AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1547.

⁹²AGI, Patronato 60, N. 5, R. 1, probanza Garcia Osorio, 1560.

⁹³JRS-363.

⁹⁴JRS-363.

⁹⁵JRS-363.

⁹⁶AGI, Patronato 51, N. 3, R. 1, probanza Garcia Osorio, 1560.

⁹⁷AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1546.

⁹⁸JRS-364.

⁹⁹JRS-354.

¹⁰⁰JRS-364.

¹⁰¹JRS-364.

¹⁰²FAI, vol. 11, p. 163.

¹⁰³Carmen Gómez Pérez, Pedro de Heredia y Cartagena de Indias (Sevilla, 1984), p. 142.

¹⁰⁴AGI, Patronato 153, N. 14, R. 1, probanza Andres de Pernia, 1557.

¹⁰⁵CBP, vol. Il, p. 279.

¹⁰⁶AGI, Patronato 60, N. 5, R. 7, probanza Rodrigo Vazquez, 1554.

¹⁰⁷JRS-365.

¹⁰⁸AGI, Patronato 150, N. 14, R. 6, probanza Pedro Arevalo, 1556.

¹⁰⁹AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1547.

¹¹⁰AGI, Patronato 63, R. 10, probanza Gonzalo Mendez, 1560.

¹¹¹AGI, Patronato 69, R. 1, probanza Sabastian de Villegas, 1569.

¹¹²AGI, Patronato 57, N. 1, R. 4, probanza Juan de Añasco, 1544-1597.

¹¹³FAI, vol. 11, p. 218.

¹¹⁴AGI, Patronato 57, N. 1, R. 4, probanza Juan de Añasco, 1544-1597.

¹¹⁵AGI, Patronato 150, N. 14, R. 6, probanza Pedro de Arevalo, 1556.

¹¹⁶FAI, vol. 11, p. 323. JRS-355.

¹¹⁷CDI, vol. IX, 503-567.

¹¹⁸AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1547.

¹¹⁹AGI, Patronato 51, N. 2, R. 2, probanza Alonso Vazquez, 1560.

¹²⁰AGI, Patronato 150, N. 14, R. 6, probanza Pedro de Arevalo, 1556.

¹²¹JRS-366.

¹²²AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1547.

¹²³JRS-367.

¹²⁴AGI, Patronato 69, R. 1, probanza Sebastian de Villegas, 1569.

¹²⁵AGI, Patronato 105, N. 1, R. 6, probanza Juan Cordero, 1561.

¹²⁶AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1547.

¹²⁷AGI, Patronato 60, N. 5, R. 7, probanza Rodrigo Vazquez, 1554 and AGI, Patronato 51, N. 3, R. 1, probanza Garcia Osorio, 1561.

¹²⁸JRS-368.

¹²⁹FAI, vol. II, p. 349. See also CBP, vol. II, p. 278.

¹³⁰AGI, Patronato 101, N. 1, R. 18, probanza Gonzalo Silvestre, 1558.

¹³¹JRS-368.

¹³²JRS-355.

¹³³AGI, Patronato 77, N. 1, R. 1, probanza Hernan Suarez, 1572.

¹³⁴JRS-368.

¹³⁵AGI, Patronato 150, N. 14, R. 6, probanza Pedro de Arevalo, 1558.

¹³⁶AGI, Patronato 57, N. 1, R. 4, probanza Juan de Añasco, 1544.

¹³⁷AGI, Patronato 57, N. 1, R. 4, probanza Juan de Añasco, 1544.

¹³⁸Herbert Ingraham Priestley, The Luna Papers, 2 vols. (Deland, FL, 1928), vol. I, p. 74-75.

¹³⁹AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1546.

¹⁴⁰FAI, vol. I, p. 151.

¹⁴¹AGI, Patronato 51, N. 3, R. 2, probanza Alonso Vazquez, 1560. An English version of this document appears in Smith-301 to 312. I have followed the latter after reading the original.

¹⁴²AGI, Patronato 51, N. 3, R. 2, probanza Alonso Vazquez, 1560.

¹⁴³AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1547.

¹⁴⁴AGI, Patronato 77, N. 1, R. 1, probanza Hernan Suarez, 1557.

¹⁴⁵AGI, Patronato 69, R. 2, probanza Sebastian de Villegas, 1569.

¹⁴⁶AGI, Patronato 60, N. 5, R. 7, probanza Rodrigo Vazquez, 1554.

¹⁴⁷AGI, Patronato 101, N. 1, R. 19, probanza Gonzalo Silvestre, 1558.

¹⁴⁸AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1547.

¹⁴⁹FAI, vol. II, p. 241.

¹⁵⁰AGI, Mexico 204, probanza Baltasar de Gallegos, 1545.

¹⁵¹AGI, Patronato 69, R. 2, probanza Sebastian de Villegas, 1569. CDI, vol. II, p. 215.

¹⁵²AGI, Patronato 105, N. 1, R. 6, probanza Juan Cordero, 1561.

¹⁵³JRS-371.

¹⁵⁴AGI, Patronato 60, N. 5, R. 7, probanza Rodrigo Vazquez, 1554; AGI, Patronato 69, R. 2, probanza Sebastian de Villegas, 1569.

¹⁵⁵CDI, vol. XXVII, p. 526 to 529. Vol. XXVIII, p. 190 to 193. Vol. XXXV, p. 1-198. CDU, vol. 1, p. 118 to 126. Vol. 6, p. 46-290.

¹⁵⁶AGI, Justicia 750A, Bobadilla vs. Ponce de Leon, 1546.

¹⁵⁷James Lockhart, The Men of Cajamarca (Austin, Texas, 1972), pp. 28 and 190-201.

¹⁵⁸Mario Góngora, Los Grupos de conquisitadores en Tierra Firme (1509-1530), (Santiago, Chile, 1962), p. 77.

¹⁵⁹Lockhart, The Men of Cajamarca, p. 35.

¹⁶⁰Bourne, Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto, vol. II, p. 157.

¹⁶¹JRS-74.