Transcriber's note:

Variations in spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained except in obvious cases of typographical error, and in the following cases: Castaneda has been changed to Castañeda and Relacion to Relación.

The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

In the index for Mesa, "Spanish soldier", the transcriber has changed the page number 538 to 376.