Having survived the Destruction of the Seven Cities he led a group of loyal Huilliches to the area of Chacao Channel where Fort Calbuco was established.
In the Church of Villacastín there is a religious effigy on whose pedestal is the following inscription:: "Dr. Don Tomas Pizarro, Oidor of the Royal Audience of Guadalajara in Indias, originally from this town and grandson Mr. Francisco Hernández Ortiz Pizarro, gave this sculpture to Our Lady of Carrascal" Felix Martin M He married María Cortés Monroy (circa 1601), then an 18-year-old girl, daughter of Captain Pedro Cortés and Elena de Tovar.
In this context, supported by friendly Indians , he leads the exodus of survivors heading south, where they reach the sector of the current Calbuco commune , where they finally settle.
The governor Alonso García Ramón awarded him an encomienda of Indians in Concepción and a land grant in Conchalí –Canela La Baja- in the Choapa valley , a fiefdom that Francisco would not get to know.
Litigation filed by Dona Maria Cortes Monroy demanding land grant of Canela Baja , we know that Francisco Hernandez Ortiz-Pizarro was already dead in 1613 This Chilean biographical article is a stub.