Los Sobrevivientes de La Florida


 4. Description of the Survivors

 Following, in alphabetical order by their first surnames, is the
information gathered about each of the survivors of the Florida
expedition. Since Buckingham Smith's Narratives of the Career of
Hernando de Soto in the Conquest of Florida, and Solar and
Rujula's El adelantado Hernando de Soto are frequently cited,
they have been abbreviated to Smith and SR respectively. These
abbreviations are followed by a dash and a number which
corresponds to the page in which the quotation is found. This
expedient saves more than 300 notes.


 Acuiia, Lope de. Son of Anton Ruiz de Contreras and Leonor
de Acufia, citizens of Illescas, SR-327. Survivor from Illescas
according to Smith-295. Acufia, however, declared in Mexico
where he resided after Florida, that he was born in Toledo, which
is near Illescas. He added that he had married Elvira de
Hermosillo, one of the first eight female settlers of New Spain.14


 Agostin. From Castilla la Vieja, Smith-297.

 Agostin. From Vizcaya, Smith-298.

 Aguilar, Gaspar de. From Castilla la Vieja, Smith-297.

 Aguilar, Juan de. Son of Juan Gonzalez and Catalina
Sanchez, citizens of Valencia de la Torre, SR-292. Since this
Valencia is within the Extremadura region, it is probable that this
man is the same Aguillar de Villanueva listed in Smith-293.

 Algalin. Shoemaker from Sevilla, Smith-292.

 Almendron. Brother of Father Pozo; survivor from Segura,
Smith-294. There is one Alonso Hernandez Almendro, son of
Bartolome Hernandez Almendro and Catalina Martin, citizens of
Segura, SR-284.


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