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speak and declare it; the declarant said and replied in Castillian that she did not know that they had improper relations and had never seen any; asked: that she should speak and declare with whom she was at mass on Holy Thursday in the New Town of Santa Cruz, she said that she was at mass at the said church only on Palm Sunday in the early morning when she was in said town and that she was not there Holy Thursday, because her daughter, Angelina, was sick. Asked why she denied she was in the church of the New Town on Holy Thursday, let her state and declare, since the sick woman, Leonor Martin said that she saw her near her. To this declarant replied, with a threat, that she would raise the devil; that it is true that she was near the said Leonor Dominguez on Palm Sunday and that it was not Holy Thursday and on account of her illness she does not remember what day it was; Asked if it is true that she asked Catharina Lujan, the Indian of her village, versed in languages, whether that was the wife of Miguel Martin, she said that she neither said nor asked whether she was the wife of the above, but she did say to her this is the sister of my godfather, Tomas Giron, and this is her answer; Asked if it is true that she said to the said Catherina Lujan: Now: she should speak and declare it; the declarant said that she did not say: Now: nor did such a thing occur. Asked if it is true that she touched and felt her left side, let her speak and declare it; she said No, nor had she approached her; that she only wanted to find out what malady the said Leonor was suffering from and to try to cure her, and that this is the truth, which she affirms and certifies, and that she has nothing to add or alter in this declaration; that she is forty years old and does not sign this because she cannot write. I, the said examining justice, with the notary to the Cabildo deposed as to the threat she made to raise the devil. . . .

Declaration of Catarina Lujan

On the said day, month and year, I, the said examining justice, required to appear before me Catarina Lujan, unmarried and a native of the village of San Juan, to whom I administered the oath in due legal form by our Lord God and the [sign of] the Holy Cross, and, having taken it, she promised to speak the truth in all that she might know or that might be asked of her, and, being asked if she was in the Town of Santa Cruz on Holy Thursday in company with Catharina Rosa, wife of Zhiconqueto, let her speak and declare it; she said that it is true that on Holy Wednesday Father Fray Juan Minguez took this declarant to the said Town to clean his cell and in testimony thereof, he will say whether she left the cell of the said Father, and that she did not see the said Indian Catherina Rosa nor had they [any] opportunity to speak for the reason that she was engaged in the occupation stated, and another [reason] because the said wife of Zhiconqueto did not come to the New Town and that this declarant was not in the Town on Palm Sunday, because she remained in the Convent at San Juan, and that to all this the said Father Minguez and the Maestre de Campo, Eoque Madrid, are witnesses and will declare the truth thereof; and that she never said: This is the sister of my godfather, Tomas Giron; this is the truth under penalty of the oath she has taken; and having read her declaration to her, she said she had nothing to add or alter and that she does not sign it, because she does not know how to write.

New Affidavit and Declaration of Doña Leonor Dominguez, May 22

1st. Asked if what she had declared happened to her Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday or Resurrection [Easter] Day, let her speak and declare it as asked; the declarant said that it was on Holy Thursday while at mass that what she has declared happened to her and that such is the fact that it was on the said day and no other.

2nd. Asked if she had or has any suspicion of the said Indian women being actuated by any rumors passing among them or if it is only a presumption, let her speak and declare it: the declarant said that her suspicion of the said