Official Crew Death Documentation
-Cortez left Spain with "247 crew members", he arrived at the Cuba with "240 crew members", 7 ponies died on the trip.
-Cortez then left Cuba with "238 crew members", 2 had died in Cuba, Cortez arrives at Mexico with "230 crew members", 8 ponies died on the trip.
-Cortez left Mexico with "230 crew members" (but still to this day, all crew says that they watched one pony get killed and it was unmistakably a Spaniard), Cortez arrived back at Spain with "228 crew members", no ponies were in any way found dead (and what happen to the 2 ponies on the ship is still unknown)