I believe it took place in 1519, when Cortes first set foot on what 
is now Mexico. At that time there were only rumors about the big city 
of Tenochtitlan. I think Cortes was the third expedition to Mexico, 
because the first two had failed with many casualties. The author of 
the book, Bernal Diaz del Castillo, was actually part of those three 
expeditions, including the battles against the aztecs and the 
conquest of Tenochtitlan.

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Alberto Duarte  
wrote:
> What year did this take place?
> 
> Alberto.
> --- "Steve G. Apodaca"  wrote:
> > 
> > I just wanted to write something that I found out
> > recently while 
> > reading Historia de la Conquista de la Nueva Espana,
> > by Bernal Diaz 
> > del Castillo. Perhaps many of you know about this
> > story, but anyways, 
> > it is about the first mexican mestizo. It was not,
> > like I used to 
> > believe, from the union of Cortes and la Malinche,
> > but rather of 
> >

There are a couple more of statues of Gonzalo Guerrero but the 
pictures are very small also.

http://www.undiscoveredmexico.com/rivieramaya/akumal/

http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/qroo/Mpios/23004a.htm

And a painting:

http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/espanol/historia/personajes/detall
e.cfm?idpag=4167&idsec=5&idsub=0

Victor


--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Emilie Garcia"  
wrote:
> The date that Gonzalo Guerrero, father of the first Mestizos, 
arrived in the new world was around the Spring of 1511 on a ship that 
landed on the Yucatan Peninsula, possibly in Cozumel, or Zama or 
Tulum or Ple la Xelha of today, according to the article about 
the "Estatua de Gonzalo Guerrero". The bronze statue is in the city 
of Merida, and shows a Spaniard in full regalia with an Indian squaw 
kneeling at his feet.  The photo is so small, and I tried finding 
another larger photo on the Internet to no avail
> 
> Emilie
>    Port Orchard, WAGet more from

Compare to other groups, we're fairly new.  But we are
special!

Alberto.
--- Emilie Garcia  wrote:
> The date that Gonzalo Guerrero, father of the first
> Mestizos, arrived in the new world was around the
> Spring of 1511 on a ship that landed on the Yucatan
> Peninsula, possibly in Cozumel, or Zama or Tulum or
> Ple la Xelha of today, according to the article
> about the "Estatua de Gonzalo Guerrero". The bronze
> statue is in the city of Merida, and shows a
> Spaniard in full regalia with an Indian squaw
> kneeling at his feet.  The photo is so small, and I
> tried finding another larger photo on the Internet
> to no avail
> 
> Emilie
>    Port Orchard, WAGet more from the Web.  FREE MSN
> Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
> 


		
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Topics in this digest:

1. Archivo de Indias
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From: Joseph Puentes
3. Request for Additional File Space
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5. Re: Request for Additional File Space
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7. Re: FIRST MESTIZO.
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:51:02 -0400
From: Joseph Puentes
Subject: Archivo de Indias

Archivo de
Indias
http://www.ldelpino.com/archivos.html




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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:18:13 -0400
From: Joseph Puentes
Subject

I wrote this email to Yahoo asking about info on purchasing additional
"File" space. It seems that they don't have that option available. We are
going to have to think about some near > term solutions to our dwindling
file space.

Perhaps everyone should upload a GEDCOM file to worldconnect.rootsweb.com.
That way a link could be stored in the file space, but the data would be
stored elsewhere, freeing up a lot of space.

~Deena Ortiz~

What year did this take place?

Alberto.
--- "Steve G. Apodaca"  wrote:
> 
> I just wanted to write something that I found out
> recently while 
> reading Historia de la Conquista de la Nueva Espana,
> by Bernal Diaz 
> del Castillo. Perhaps many of you know about this
> story, but anyways, 
> it is about the first mexican mestizo. It was not,
> like I used to 
> believe, from the union of Cortes and la Malinche,
> but rather of 
> another espanol way before that.
> 
> The story says that when Cortes first landed on the
> Yucatan peninsula, 
> he heard the news from the indian translators that
> two espaniards were 
> slaves in that area. He sent for his rescue, and
> paid a ransom to 
> their masters for their freedom. One of them was a
> priest called 
> Jeronimo de Aguilar. As soon as he was freed, he
> went to look for the 
> other espanol. This is what the book says:
> 
> "When he had read the letter and received the
> ransom, he carreid the 
> beads delightedly to