The Survivors of the De Soto Expedition


declarations found in two other documents.17 In addition, Aniasco
is mentioned often by the chroniclers of the Florida expedition.
Afiasco continued from Puebla to Peru and after running the
Guadalcanal mines for some time, he died. His wife Isabel de
Afiasco, later declared, in Peru, that her husband began serving his
majesty in Italy and in Vienna, prior to rendering his services in
the Indies. She added, too, that their son Juan de Cardenas y
Afiasco, served the King well in the Chilean wars. Smith-292
confirmed that Afiasco was a survivor and native of Sevilla.


 Andirrela, Miguel de. Foreigner and survivor, Smith-299.


 Antonio. Survivor from Galicia, Smith-299.


 Arevalo Brizefio, Pedro de. Son of Pedro de Arevalo and
Ana Calderon; enlisted in the armada of de Soto in Sevilla, on
February 15th 1538, SR-299. His name does not appear in the list
of survivors made by Luis Hernandez de Biedma and transcribed
by Buckingham Smith yet, judging by the following, he survived
the expedition. Arevalo made his probanza in Peru between 1558
and 1559, stating that he sailed from Sevilla for Cuba with
Hemando de Soto. From that island he accompanied the same and
650 men to Florida, of whom 350 survived. After de Soto's death,
those still alive were guided to Mexico by the new governor, Luis
de Moscoso. From that Viceroyalty he went to serve the King
against the rebellious natives in Guatemala, where he fought until
they came in peace to serve the Christians. Thereafter he went to
Peru where he fought with viceroy Blasco Nufiez Vela against the
rebel Gonzalo Pizarro. Sometime in 1560 the acting viceroy of
Peru sent him to Spain after Arevalo was involved in a fight with
another Spaniard. He was in Panama in 1562 and, one year later,
he appeared before a court in Madrid, Spain. Arevalo's signature
appears in some of the documents mentioned.18


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