The Srvivors of the De Soto Expedition


Gomez Arias
Pedro Arias de Cafiedo
Alonso Botello
Juan Cordero
Diego Cortes

Luis Daza
Cristobal de Espindola
Juan Gaitan
Baltasar de Gallegos
Sebastian Hemandez

Vicente Martinez
Juan de Miranda
Pedro Moreno
Garcia Osorio
Bernaldo Peloso
Rodrigo Rangel
Bartolome Rodriguez

Heman Suarez de Maruelas
Luis de Valdivieso

Antonio Velazquez
Sebastian de Villegas


Maria Castellou y de Lara.
Isabel de Garay.
a daughter of Diego Yafiez.
was married in Peru.
a daughter of Alonso de
 Buiza.
a daughter of Diego Valades.
Francisca Castafio.
Catalina de Zarate.
Maria de Guzman.
the widow of Diego
 Hemandez.
was married.
Francisca Mejia.
a daughter of Pedro Calero
Isabel de Marmolejo.
a daughter of Lucas Ginoves.
Catalina Jimenez
a daughter of Alonso
 Caballero.
Ines de Valgrande.
a daughter of Pedro
 Carranza.
was married.
was married.


 6. Social Status

 Considering the available evidence, de Soto's men were, in
general, commoners with the possible exception of several hidal-
gos. Those claiming to belong to this lowest level of nobility were:
Alonso de Argote, Luis Daza, Cristobal Espindola, Baltasar
Gallegos, Gonzalo Mendez, Juan de Miranda, Luis de Moscoso,
Garcia Osorio, and Sebastian de Villegas. Antonio Osorio was the
second son of the Marquis of Astorga. Being a member of even the
lesser nobility was quite important at that time, for it meant that
one enjoyed certain privileges, one of which was exemption from


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