[fo. 13v.]


Witness 1  /

Adrian, hanged /

About the clergyman that absolved /
and confessed him /












Witness 2 / 

That the admiral ordered /
to have twelve or thirteen men flogged /
because when hungry they traded /
gold /







That he had a woman flogged because/
she said she was pregnant and/
she was not /

And because she said ill about the Admiral /
another one had her tongue cut off /

That he ordered Luquitas to be hanged because /
of one or one half of a fanega of wheat that/
he stole when hungry and, begged by a few,/
he ordered him to be flogged and have his nose and ears cut off, /
and to be exiled and to have a shackle put on a foot / 

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of the ones that had killed the said Indians in that /
province, and that he knows it because he saw and heard it /

About the issue of justice
Pedro Ortiz, clergyman, says that he confessed Adrián, /
and that the cause why it was publicly said that he was /
hanged was because he and other had /
to go to Santo Domingo to free[1] Don Fernando /
de Guevara, who was imprisoned under /
orders of the Admiral; and that this witness /
pleaded with the Admiral, on his knees, to wait /
until the following day, because he was confused and /
could not confess well, and he did not want to do it /
and that he turned to him and confessed him and absolved him; and that when /
the chain was removed and the rope was wrapped/
the neck he said: “Traitors, dogs, why do you /
want to hang me this way without confessing?”, and thus /
they tied him to a beam and threw him from a /
crenel. /

Francisco de Sesé says that about six years /
and a half ago the Admiral ordered to flog in /
the streets twelve o thirteen good men, tied by /
their necks, leashed by their feet one following /
the others, because in need and hungry, the way the /
land was back then, they went to the ships and /
bartered some peso of gold for pieces /
of bacon and for bread and for some wine to /
eat, and that there was no other reason, and that the announcement said /
“Because they bartered and gave out gold without a license /
from the Admiral.”  /

Also, he says that he ordered to flog a woman on top of /
a donkey, stark naked at la Isabela, /
and they flogged her because she said that she was pregnant /
and the pregnancy was found not to be true; and to another, because she said ill /
about the Admiral and his brothers, they cut her tongue off /
and the ill she had said was that his father, the Admiral’s, /
had been a [tejedor] and his brothers artisans. /

Also, he says that Luquitas, because he stole a fanega /
or a half of wheat, being very hungry, he ordered him /
to be hanged, and at the begging of some, he ordered /

[fo. 14r.]

That they flogged Pero, his companion./


That they nailed Arnate /
by a hand because he took /
a hake. /


They flogged a servant of /
Bernal de Pisa because he lost /
seven sheep and later /
they were found. /










Juan Moreno was flogged because /
he went to hunt and for being a rascal /






Because Comillas said: /
“Long live the king, and in time another one will come,” he began to/
chase him until he hanged him. /

That Vanegas, his overseer /
and Pedro Gallego, his /
[  ], were hanged /
because they sold certain /
bread from the supplies, /
without a trial. /

He ordered Lucena to be hanged /
because he went off to search /
for food with Cabrejas. /

Also, he says that to a Juan Moreno, who went to hunt with /
a dog for the pantry of the Admiral, and because /
he did not bring back a lot of game, he ordered to give him one hundred lashes /
which were given by and Indian, and the said Moreno /
announced it going on foot and naked /
saying that he ordered for those to be given to him for being a rogue. /

Also, he says that while at La Isabela, because /
Comillas said: “Long live the king, that in time /
another one will come,” he began to chase him until /
he ordered that the be hanged. /

Also, that to Benegas, his overseer, and to Pedro /
Gallego, his [despensero], because he found out that they had/
given out and sold certain pieces of bread from the provisions to the /
 Christians, he ordered them to be hanged, and that they/
hanged them  and that there was no process nor inquiry /
against them. /

Also, he says that he ordered Lucena to be hanged because /
he went off to look for food with Cabrejas, who was /
a captain, and was ten leagues away from La Concepción./

[fo. 21r.][2] 

Witness 13. /
Lucena hanged and /
he confessed he had slept /
with an Indian woman. /
Giliberto and Antón, who killed /
the dog, on was flogged, the other brought next to the gallows./

Witness14 /
Vanegas, overseer , /
and Pedro Gallego, [   ], /
because Vanegas /
had fought with don Diego, brother of the Admiral. /


Salinas, hanged /
because he made certifications /
as a notary /
and because he belonged to Bernal de Pisa. /

Comillas, hanged /
because he said “Long live /
the King.” /

That he saw Pedro Pastor and another companion of his /
being flogged /
because they had lost six /
or seven sheep. /

That he saw Juan /
Prieto being flogged /
for being a rascal. /

Lucena, hanged. /

Jorge de Zamora, whose /
indians were killed. /

Adrián and Moyano and /
Alarcón, hanged. /

Riquelme, enjailed  to be /
hanged. /

That he saw many persons /
die because the Admiral /
did not want to remedy them /
with food supplies, and that /
he sold them at excessive /
prices, and that most of these /
died without being confessed /
because he brought with him the clergy. /

That he saw nine men being flogged /
tied onto a leash because they had /
gone away to search for food. /

Toribio Muñoz says about the death of Martín de Lucena /
and that, while tortured, he confessed to having slept with /
and Indian woman.  Also, Giliberto and Antón de Cozar[3] say /
that they killed the dog.[4] /





Pedro Camacho says that he saw Vanegas and /
Pedro Gallego being hanged and that the truth why hanged /
Vanegas, because he had quarreled with Don Diego /
with words and he had leveled with him. /



Also, he says that they hanged Salinas, chamber  /
notary of their highnesses, because he certified /
the things that really happened and because he was a servant /
of Bernal de Pisa./

Also, he says that they hanged Comillas because he said: /
“Long live the king,” and the reasons why it happened are /
different. /

Also, he says he saw Pedro Pastor and other /
companion of his being flogged because they had lost /
six or seven sheep. /


Also, that he saw the flogging of Juan Prieto, who was gone to hunt /
with a female dog, and he lost it and did not bring back any game; and /
the announcement said: “ for [being] a rogue and because he lied to his / lord.” /

Also, he talks of the death of Luzena. /

Also, he says what he heard about the death of  Jorge de /
Zamora. /

Also, he says he saw Adrián and Moyano and Alarcón /
hanged. / 

Also, he says that he had Requelme jailed and he wanted /
to hang him./

Also, he says that he saw many persons die because /
the Admiral did not want to assist them with some /
provisions that he later sold to people /
at excessive prices, and that most of these /
died without confessing because he brought with him /
all the clergymen and did not distribute them along  the /
towns. /


Also, he says that he saw nine men being flogged [tied] in /
a leash because they had gone out to seek /
something to eat. / 

[fo. 4v.]
               The said Rodrigo Pérez says: that many times he heard the Admiral say about the things of that /

land “To us, to us [they] should give the credit about them, /
since we gained and found this land,” and later /
at the end, as if tired, he used to say: “As per their highnesses’ mandate.” /

About Lope de Olano and Francisco de Montalván /
The said Rodrigo Pérez says: that Lope de Olano, treasurer, was held / 

prisoner by the Adelantado for nothing /
in a pit, and he wanted to cut off /
his hand or give him some physical /
punishment, if Francisco Roldán had  not /
prevented him. /

Also, he says that Francisco de Montalván beat up /
the said Lope de Olano with a stick treacherously, by the church /
and inside it, and that he was jailed; and for fear that /
it would be discovered that the said adelantado  had ordered /
this to him, he decided to consent that he be hanged, and /
under agreement, order and advice of the said adelantado /
he was condemned to death for a day and a night, /
and that the day he was to be hanged this witness [and] the /
adelantado went[5] away to watch over the cow herd /
so he would not see it, and that [some people] approached this witness with /
Lope de Olano injured, [begging] that for God’s sake he would not die.  /
And this witness pardoned his life and ordered that he had /
a hand cut off , and when the adelantado returned that night and /
learned of it, he was furious with this witness, saying /
that he could not do it without him and he grabbed the dagger; /
and this witness took off fleeing and left the rod /
with him. /

                          Francisco de Montalván says: that the adelantado told him a few times that he was/

very upset with Lope de Olano and that he did not have /
anyone that cared about his honor, and thinking that he /
pleased him, he had beaten up Lope de Olano  with a stick /
and that he did not want to disclose[6] that he had been ordered /
by the adelantado, though he was condemned to death /
for it and they cut off his hand until /
he knew that the adelantado had participated in condemning /
him. /

About Pedro, shepherd, who was flogged, and about Juan /
Moreno /

The said Rodrigo Pérez says: That don Diego ordered Pedro, shepherd, to be flogged because /

he had lost a flock of sheep, and Juan Moreno /
because he sent him to hunt and he lost the female dog and /
had lied to him once or twice. /

[fo. 5r.]
                          Francisco de Sesé says:  That two men that tended sheep belonging to the King /

lost six or seven sheep, and that one of them /
was a servant of Bernal de Pisa and /
came to the town without known that the cattle /
had been lost; and they apprehended him and he ordered /
that he be flogged, and the other that stayed with the cattle /
hid himself out of fear, and that the said Pedro, /
servant of Bernal de Pisa, offered, /
in exchange for not being flogged, seven sheep /
for each of the lost ones; and that  /
another day, after they had given /
him one hundred lashes, the sheep appeared. /

Also, he says that Juan Moreno went off to hunt with /
a dog for the Admiral’s provisions and because /
he did not bring much game, he ordered that he be given one hundred /
lashes, which were given by an Indian, and /
Moreno himself cried out the announcement while walking and /
naked, saying that he ordered those to be given to him for /
being a rogue. /

Francisco Manzorro says: That don Diego and Rodrigo Pérez ordered a hundred /

lashes to be given to a servant of Bernal de pisa because /
he tended sheep with another lad and /
seven were lost, and that the other lad fled /
to the church, this one saying he had lost them /
and not the one they flogged. /

Pedro Camacho says that he saw Juan Prieto being flogged, that /

he had gone away to hunt with a female dog and he lost it /
and brought no game, and the announcement said “For /
being a rogue, and because he lied to his lord.”  /