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Show HISTORY marqués or condé, De Vargas was an inmate of the jail at the capital of the province.**® The fact that De Vargas was so closely guarded, was not allowed to present his case to the viceroy, and the other harsh treatment administered by Cubero would seem to indicate a pronounced animus on the part of the latter. Upon his arrival at the city of Mexico De Vargas succeeded in having the charges against him fully investigated; this was done by royal order and, as a result, he was fully exonerated and his re-appointment as governor remained valid. The cabildo, having heard of the results of the investigation and the re-appointment of De Vargas, petitioned the king against permitting his return; but the king by a cedula of October 10, 1701, ordered an investigation, and immediately the cabildo recognized the position in which they had placed themselves and retracted the accusations they had made.*!7 During the period of De Vargas’s imprisonment many settlers came to New Mexico. There were also many soldiers who came >CADE} c Ye “ fe j Lotfis— oe E re] / ie < Sl tfitt ec OSE Pe 2 Nie, oe a “Sho —7 os pt bons Ae) es ff $4 , Ms y ee af Le “Oe iy Se : of wr £5 ae por o a. Lf 7° & 4 % é ES 2 eriats So aoh meas * =e ‘ cone Ke Lf : % PPE 416 The cabildo filed its charges against De Vargas in the month of October, 1697. On the 20th day of that month, Governor Cubero issued orders to Captain Luis Granillo, at El Paso, to arrest Hurtado and send him to Santa Fé. At the same time Captain Antonio Valverde, Alf. Martin Urioste, and Adj. Félix Martinez were exiled from the province. Hurtado, it was charged, had defrauded the colonists of half of the money allotted to them by the crown; of collecting $100.00 each for 38 colonists who never came to New employing individuals for the purpose of impersonating colonists, Mexico; of for each of whom he collected $100.00, and subsequently filling their places with negroes, and finally of collecting $100.00 several times on account of one person assuming different names. He was also charged with the theft of a box containing $7,000.00, and of aiding and abetting Governor gt io L + * AP erg es.ee ee MEXICAN Pape tees, Se OF NEW oe - pp Ze oy pee fae e * a ia ee FACTS : ity LEADING ee *at a < ak ae St et) Fuse $24. oe: 416 De Vargas in his illegal and oppressive acts. Bancroft, H. H., History of Arizona and New Mexico, ‘‘Few, even of his own family, were allowed to see him, and p. 220, says: every precaution was taken to prevent the sending of any written communication to Mexico or Spain. | Padre Vargas, the custodian, visited Mexico and obtained an order for the prisoner’s release under bonds to defend himself before the viceroy; but Don Diego refused to accept liberty on such conditions, claiming that to give bonds would be degrading to a man of his rank and services, especially in view of the king ’s recent orders in his favor. At last came an order without conditions and he started for Mexico in July, 1700.’’ for his release ‘It would perhaps I ac-Simile of ] -age from the Journal of Don Diego de Vargas, con: . : eae taining entry relative to the burial of ; the remains of ay Fr. \ . . Juan de: Jesus, murdered 20 inte the revolt of=p 1650 cy be going too far to declare Don Diego entirely innocent; the cabildo, however, later retracted its accusations, attributing all the blame to Cubero; and the chronicler, a Franciscan, who can hardly be suspected of prejudice in Vargas’ favor, states— doubtless reflecting the views of his order — that Don Diego, while somewhat over-enthusiastic, disposed to promise more than he could perform, and to ignore in ig his reports many of the difficulties 43 . : ie and dangers in New Mexico, never gave ace. any just cause of enmity, but rather merited their love as a Pro + ba tet aca Ris * *' Bancroft, H. H., Ibid, p. 220, says: |