TO:    Queen Dona Juana and to the Emperor, Charles V, Her Son,

by the Justiciary and Municipal Council of the Muy Rica Villa de la Vera Cruz

                                      5 December, Anno Domini 1521

Most High, Mighty and Excellent Princes, Most Catholic and Powerful

Kings and Sovereigns:

Your Royal Highnesses, it is my great honor, as Lieutenant under the command Hernan Cortez, to inform you that the conquest of Coatzacoalcos is at last complete. After pacifying Huatusco, Tuxtepec and Oaxaca, I have founded the town of Medellin in the name of The Crown. Alas, many of the heathens perished before we were able to receive the Body and Blood of Our Lord, but we may rejoice that many of those remaining have already been baptized.   

Your most loyal vassal, as I always shall be,

Gonzalo de Sandoval