Los Sobrevivientes de La Florida


 Carrion, Juan. Son of Juan Esteban and Isabel Fernandez,
citizens of Badajoz, SR-299. According to Smith-293, there was
one survivor of the same name, a tailor from Badajoz.

 Carrion, Pedro. Conqueror born in Carrion in the kingdom of
Castilla around the year 1509, according to his declaration as a
witness in the suit between Hernando Ponce de Leon and Isabel de
Bobadilla.40 He deposed that he had known de Soto in Nicaragua
circa 1529, and saw him depart for Peru. Years later he
accompanied him to Florida, where he saw him use a fine Peruvian
tent made of wool and cotton from the Andes. He also witnessed
the good land that they had found during that expedition. He
signed his testimony. This man may be the same Carrion, native of
Carri6n de los Condes, listed among the survivors, Smith-297.

 Cartuyo, Gonzalo. Surviving sailor from Sevilla, Smith-292.

 Carvajal, Lorenzo de. Soldier whose name does not appear
in the list of survivors made by Hernandez de Biedma, nor in the
list of persons registered in Sevilla for de Soto's expedition. The
last is not surprising, for it seems that Carvajal was already in
Cuba when de Soto's armada arrived from Spain. This is deduced
from his own testimonies rendered in Mexico in the years 1554,
1557, and 1569. In the first instance he deposed, in Rodrigo
Vasquez's probanza, that he was a citizen of the city of Mexico
and 35 years of age. He added that he witnessed Vazquez serving
in Florida and helping his wounded brother Alonso, whom he
cared for all the way to Mexico. He signed his testimony.41 Later,
in 1557, Carvajal testified in the probanza of Hernan Suarez de
Maruelas, another of de Soto's men. He confirmed that he went to
Florida with Suarez and de Soto, without adding more about his
own life.42 Twelve years later, in 1569, he witnessed the probanza
of Sebastian de Villegas Prieto, another of de Soto's soldiers. He
asserted that he knew Villegas in Cuba some 30 years earlier and
went with him to Florida and then to Mexico, where Villegas
settled in the vicinity of the Guanajuato mines, where he was still
residing in 1569.43


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