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It directs a newly appointed bishop’s legate to secure credible testimony, administer an oath for veracity, and consult surviving writings and records, while reporting in extensive detail for royal conscience and governance. The narrative also highlights early evangelization efforts, the rhetorical justification of One True God and imperial authority, and the practical obstacles created by conquest and cultural destruction, including reliance on scarce remaining informants.","You tell me then that I must perish  \nlike the flowers that I cherish.  \nNothing remaining of my name,  \nnothing remembered of my fame?  \nBut the gardens I planted still are young—  \nthe songs I sang will still be sung!  \nHUEXOTZIN, Prince of Texcóco, ca. 1484  \nCOURT OF CASTILE VALLADOLID  \nTo His Majesty's legate and chaplain, Fray Don Juan de Zumárraga, lately appointed Bishop of the See of Mexíco in New Spain, a charge upon him:  \nThat we may be better acquainted with our colony of New Spain, of its peculiarities, its riches, the people who possessed it, and the beliefs, rites, and ceremonies which they heretofore held, we wish to be informed of all matters appertaining to the Indians during their existence in that land before the coming of our liberating forces, ambassadors, evangels, and colonizers.  \nTherefore, we order that you shall inform yourself from ancient Indians (having first administered to them the oath, to assure veracity) as to their country's history, their governments, their traditions, their customs, etc. In addition to the information that you secure from witnesses, you will cause to be brought before you any writings, tablets, or other records of that foregone time which may substantiate what is said, and you will cause your missionary friars to search and ask for such records among the Indians.  \nBecause this is a very weighty matter and very necessary for the discharge of His Majesty's conscience, we command you to attend to the conduct of the said inquiry with all possible promptitude, care, and diligence, and that your account be set forth in much detail.  \n(ecce signum) CAROLUS R I Rex et Imperator Hispaniae Carolus Primus  \nSacri Romani Imperi Carolus Quintus  \nI H S  \nS.C.C.M.  \nSanctified, Caesarean, Catholic Majesty, the Emperor Don Carlos, Our Lord King:  \nMay the grace, peace, and loving kindness of Our Lord Jesus Christ be with Your Majesty Don Carlos, by divine mercy eternally august Emperor; and with your esteemed Queen Mother Doña Juana, together with Your Majesty by the grace of God rulers of Castile, of Leon, of Aragon, of the Two Sicilies, of Jerusalem, of Navarre, of Granada, of Toledo, of Valencia, of Galicia, of Mallorca, of Seville, of Sardinia, of Cordova, of Corcega, of Murcia, of Jaen, of the Caribbees, of Algeciras, of Gibraltar, of the Canary Isles, of the Indies, of the islands and lands of the Ocean Sea; Counts of Flanders and of the Tyrol, etc.  \nVery Fortunate and Most Excellent Prince: from this city of Tenochtítlan-Mexíco, capital of your dominion of New Spain, this twelfth day after the Assumption, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand five hundred twenty and nine, greeting.  \nIt was but eighteen months ago, Your Majesty, when we, though the least of your vassal subjects, heeded Your Majesty's command that we assume this trifold post as the first appointed Bishop of Mexíco, Protector of the Indians, and Apostolic Inquisitor, all embodied in our one and own poor person. It has been but nine months since our arrival in this New World, and there was much arduous work awaiting us.  \nIn accordance with the mandate of this appointment, we have striven zealously \"to instruct the Indians in their duty to hold and worship One True God, Who is in Heaven, by Whom all creatures live and are maintained\"—and likewise \"to acquaint the Indians of that Most Invincible and Catholic Majesty, the Emperor Don Carlos, whom divine Providence has willed that the whole world should obey and serve.\"  \nInculcating these lessons, Sire, has been far from easy or expeditious. There is a saying among our fellow Spaniards here, extant well before our arrival: \"The Indians cannot hear except through their buttocks.\" But we try to bear in mind that these miserable and spiritually impoverished Indians—or Aztecs, as most Spaniards now refer to this particular tribe or nation of them hereabouts—are inferior to all the rest of mankind, and therefore, in their insignificance, deserve our tolerant indulgence.  \nBes","cbCaibdZ8wBTNMwp","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibdZ8wBTNMwp","pdf",2161025,1,465,"English","en",105,"# Court of Castile Valladolid\n## Royal mandate to investigate Indigenous matters\n## Instructions for testimony, records, and witnesses\n## Ecclesiastical and civil goals of the bishop\n## Challenges after Cortés and surviving informants","[{\"question\":\"What is the central purpose of the royal mandate in the document?\",\"answer\":\"It orders an inquiry to better understand New Spain’s colony—its people, riches, beliefs, rites, and ceremonies—based on information about Indigenous life before Castilian arrival.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the document require the bishop/legate to gather information?\",\"answer\":\"It requires obtaining testimony from ancient Indigenous witnesses after administering an oath for truthfulness, and also searching for writings, tablets, and other records that substantiate the accounts.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is obtaining “ancient” sources described as difficult?\",\"answer\":\"The destruction of the city by Hernán Cortés left very few ancient Indigenous people and limited oral history, forcing reliance on the scarce remaining informants.\"}]","Gary Jennings - 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