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Letter from one of eleven monks sent out by his Majesty to spread the gospel--Report eighty churches in different Missions--Indians lazy and improvident--Avarice of Governor causes dissatisfaction--People desire his immediate removal--Fray Lopez, a Missionary, has converted many Indians in twelve years of service, among them Don Juan, a Casique, who stands highly among his people--His influence quells many uprisings--Juan Nunez Rios complains of Governor in a letter to the King--Begs for an open Port that the people may go back and forth and trade--An officer asks to be allowed to serve his Majesty elsewhere--Fray Blas De Montes implores that he may be allowed to come to Spain for retirement--Gives account of a fire which burned the church among other houses--Slow progress among the Indians--Advices that a Bishop be sent--Report of Gonzales Menendez Canso to his Majesty--A shipmaster bearing dispatches shipwrecked in storm--Governor aids him from the Royal Treasury--Auditor from his Majesty arrives--Reports the Garrison abounding in fruits and grain--Grieves over the death of the Christian Indian Don Juan--Return of Fray Lopez from New Spain in good health--Reports the money brought to establish a hospital--More money needed for Garrison expenses--Francisco Redondo Villegas, Officer of Customs, is not treated with the respect due his Royal Office by the Governor--Reports affairs in a muddled condition--Soldiers well drilled--Much land under cultivation--Wages small--Rations insufficient.