The Survivors of the De Soto Expedition


quite near Medina de Ruiseco. Also, he could be the same person
mentioned by Garcilaso de la Vega as being from Burgos which is
not too far from Palencia, the province where Villacidaler is
located.

 Nieto, Alvaro. Son of Pedro Martin Nieto and Mari Sanchez
de Torrejana, citizens of Alburquerque, SR-278. Survivor
originally from Alburquerque, Smith-295. In 1547, while living in
Mexico, he testified in the Bobadilla lawsuit that he was 35 years
old and had known de Soto since 1539. He further related having
been at the port of Espiritu Santo in Florida when a ship arrived
with a message from Isabel de Bobadilla for her husband. Also,
according to Nieto, de Soto had a very fine tent made of quality
Peruvian woolens and, had the latter not died, he would have
established cities in Florida, for its lands were very rich. Nieto
signed his testimony.91 Once again, in Mexico in 1554, Nieto was
called as a witness by Rodrigo Vazquez, another of de Soto's
soldiers. No further details about his participation in the Florida
expedition were given except that he was very active there.92 He is
mentioned several times by Garcilaso who indicates Nieto was a
captain in the army.93

 Nieto, Juan. Brother of Alvaro Nieto and son of Pedro Martin
Nieto and Mari Sanchez de Torrejana, SR-278. This Nieto was
from Alburquerque as well and a survivor of the Florida
expedition, Smith-295.

 Nufiez de Prado, Pedro. Son of Juan Nufiez de Prado and
Maria de Solis, citizens of Fuente de Arco, SR-301. Survivor from
Llerena, Smith-293. Fuente de Arco is about 10 miles from
Llerena.

 Nufiez de Vargas, Vasco. He appears to be a brother of Juan
de Vargas, since his parents are listed as Hernando de Vargas and
Ines Alvarez de Balboa, citizens of Burguillos, SR-296. This
should be one of the two survivors listed by Hernandez de Biedma
as Vargas from Burguillos, Smith-294. The other should be Juan
de Vargas listed below.


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