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APPENDIX A
jTEANSIATIONj
Mexico City
Visitation of Licentiate Sandoval. Beginning of the investigation
of one of the two charges by Don Antonio de Mendoza,
the viceroy. 1543.
Most Magnificent Sir:
The witnesses who are or shall "be presented on behalf
of Don Antonio de Mendoga, Viceroy and Governor for His Majesty
in New Spain [ and j President of the Royal Audiencia residing
therein, shall be asked the questions in this interrogatory
concerning the charges filed against him after
the yisitation, and regarding everything else contained in
the judicial report of the aforesaid visitation. First, they
shall be asked whether they recognize the said Don Antonio
de Mendoja as viceroy and governor of this
New Spain and as president of the Royal Audiencia
residing therein, and whether they recognize the licentiate
Francisco Tello de Sandoual jas member] of His Majesty's
Council of the Indies and Visitador of the said Royal
Audiencia of this New Spain, and approximately how long [they
have done soj . Likewise, whether they know that when the
said viceroy arrived at the port of San Juan de Lua ^ San Juan
de Ulua j
, he gave the staff of authority
to Martin de Peralta in order that he might
First exercise special care solely with regard to
^ the people who were accompanying the said viceroy
so that there might not be any "unrest or commotion among
them, since they were many, most of them men and boys, and,
since they had to pass through Indian pueblos, in order that
the [Indians] might not receive harsh treatment from the
aforesaid people. For this sole purpose he gave the said
staff to the said Martin de Peralta, as will testify the
witnesses who saw it [all] and know it happened as stated in
this question.
And also whether they know that after the said viceroy
had handed the said staff over for the purpose stated in the
preceding question, certain angry words were
exchanged between Don Francisco Fajardo and
Don Tristan de Arellano, who were accompanying
the said viceroy from Spain, resulting in a
certain amount of disturbance on both sides, because one
Aguirre, a servant of the said Don Tristan, struck the said
Don Francisco during the said disagreement. When the said
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