Los Sobrevivientes de La Florida


in an ankle making him lame for a year. At Tula, he and two other
soldiers held off attacking Indians until a Captain Vasconcelos and
the calvary arrived. In Chicazuela, in another affray on a savanna,
he served courageously. After he came with the survivors to
Mexico, dressed in skins, he and his brother Rodrigo made
preparations to go to the aid of President de la Gasca in Peru. He
was in the conquest of Florida from the beginning to the end.
Alonso Vazquez, a brother of Rodrigo Alvarez, was a survivor
according to Smith-293. If true, Alonso was a son of Andres
Vazquez and Leonor Rodriguez, citizens of Zafra. Jerez and Zafra
are not more than 25 miles apart. Hemandez de Biedma, however,
may be in error when he stated that Alonso was a brother of
Rodrigo Alvarez, confusing him with Rodrigo Vazquez.
Remember that this same Alonso Vazquez said that his brother
was Rodrigo Vazquez, not Alvarez. See Rodrigo Vazquez's
biography for more information.

 Vazquez, Francisco. Son of Alonso Vazquez Caballero and
Catalina Botello, citizens of Villanueva de Barcarrota, SR-332. He
was a survivor from Jerez or Villanueva, Smith-293.

 Vazquez, Francisco. Son of Anton Vazquez and Maria
Vazquez, from Villanueva de Barcarrota, SR-295. Another
survivor different from the preceding, according to Smith-293.

 Vazquez, Gonzalo. A resident of Jerez de Badajoz, Spain,
and a dweller in the town of Matamoros, when, in June 1560, he
testified in the probanza of Alonso Vazquez, and stated that they
were not related. Answering the questions presented to him,
Gonzalo testified that he was 54 years of age and had known
Alonso for about the last twenty years. The former was in Santiago
de Cuba and later in Florida when all landed along with Hemando
de Soto. He went with Baltasar de Gallegos and with other soldiers
to a country called Paracoxi, in Florida. Alonso Vazquez was with
them with his brother Rodrigo. They all endured the lack of food
and on one occasion, they ate nothing but stalks of corn, boiled or
uncooked. After leaving Florida, they arrived in Mexico clothed in
skins. When de la Gasca, President of Peru, called for help,


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