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Show THE NECESSITY OF THE CASE. 453 are all friends of one another and of the Jalchedunes, but enemies of the Tejua and Apaches. In this array ( convinacion) of nations is evidenced how necessary it is for the arms of our king and lord to subdue and rule over all the Rio Colorado, in order to render permanent the establishments of Monterey and elsewhere, the nations of this river being connected as they are therewith; for if these ( nations) of the Colorado prove to be hostile to us and betake themselves to join those of those establishments, the latter will be unable to subsist without great expense to the royal exchequer; and on the other hand it may be taken into account that whatever is expended in ruling over the Rio Colorado serves also to lighten the burden of the subsistence of those missions; and though the Serranos may remain beyond this domination, they are not a nation capable of doing anything worthy of being feared, especially as, whenever it might be necessary, through an insurrection or for any other reason, it would be easy and handy to send help from the Rio Colorado, and conversely. There may also be. seen in the aforesaid array the connection or relation that the Apaches who infest these provinces maintain with all the nations beyond ( de aden-tro); and they being friends, as just said, of the Yabi-pais Tejuas, as these are of the Chemeguabas who live on the other side of the river, there is also clearly seen |