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Show ae ePeeea Bel Tecaat ear Be ed a im eee aC te A wee Pe oea .* e eT * a » * comporting ‘<Tikewise I give account to Your Excellency that in the month of June, of the year 17 44. a Frenchman by the name of Santiago Velo, penetrated this Kingdom and ar- “Since the above was written one Cumanche of the Seven who have come, has related to me in the house of Alonzito that 33 Frenchmen have come to their village and sold them plenty of muskets in exchange for mules; Pecos. As soon as I received the news, I despatched the sargent and two soldiers to bring him to me In this Town (Santa Fe), where I took his declaration. And without the knowledge of any person I forwarded that declaration that as soon as this trade was made, the Frenchmen de- parted for their own country, and that only two remain in the village to come in with the Cumanches when they Xevberter.” ee “Opinion of the Governor " Mostare? Excellent Sir:—B y ; rived at the Pueblo of Our Lady of the Porciuncula of | . To The Most Excellent Sir Count of Fuenclara, your excel- | lency’s predecessor (as viceroy of Mexico) along with the ‘udicial procedures duly had thereon. Of this French- | | i testimony the Sie subjoined, shiek the | | | aid whereabouts I have had no further information, save what was given me by the Captain of the Royal Garde) : i i at t El Paso, : on the Rio del: Norte (Rio Gran rison whose receipt I ara acknowledging have sent him to the or less, pee pears that forty leagues distant, ime t 0 some settlers) A Taos, there are Gentiles, of from the Pueblo pitched a hun he Cee undred of San Geronimo : Jodees ses ‘Most Excellent Sir: — By the zeal which assists me 10 oe de nneile these Indians arrived at the above mentioned Pueblo (Taos) with the news that 33 Frenchmen were some days before, on the said Jicarilla river, where are the aforesaid the : ‘ service ain) ee of their‘y Majesties mate of and QueenVek King toniarel), (the vende, and dwellers for the intranquullty, DP this said Kingdom poor Noting that it is wholly sca ro of hostile savages, who harrass oe numerous and warlike are the So (let me re oes fre ye gus 2re lar bed oo ae) foe * es APe Pe Se Pe 3 * LJ J me ne nd os fe a yer be rioees Cpe oeee fe wey pe or 9-9-4 e-e-@ * s* an mad ers. nd which is from the original letter containing it s himself of substance. is what they tell me. There is nothing else to report to your Lordship, whom our Lord Preserve for many years. Taos, Feb. 27, 1748. I kiss the hand of Your Lordship. ANTONIO DuRAN DE ARMIJO. er er) Te Er} u Ei ef rh iF: ee | ‘ ca en * * a perad [Pia pe eel i * fe ee ee ee ane ro eed ee oe ee ee | Asenee Fae ,-? PePL! @-4--$ $< canbe Paves , eed PI ¢ nd 2-9-2 oePe sepee. ge; PE eae deheid ilk tak td Parade ee dedi eae) neti ee tet ee Fe ee oe a ea EF children, 2 has # and as a man Phd ig married honorably as town This One de Alari, has remained in this said . mountains. Juan ahs in the named ee b _ ee ht ol) * MC et Oe Sa a. 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They on as these ae ion government of this New Spain; ofMe qdoe in the said year, seven of these nine Frenchmen re- de Aomtip ar andhe — My Lord: General CaptainPuan ‘Sir Governor pitched Taos; of * Charles F. Lummis: tobacco; that their village Pueblo And since it is to be ee have done on other occasions. ate themselves into t : insinu hmen that if these Frenc — as was uprising some cause Kingdom they may Maria, who tempted by a Frenchman named Luis d this Kingdom in the eight of his own nation entere f 1742, coming by the same route of the pone epee et Pueblo of Taos and for it was shot in the eee oo Donation ee of cattle. Alphonso Rael de Aguilar, Antonio Duran de Armijo, Juan de la Mora Pineda. The translation appearing below appeared first in the ee no. 3, February, 1898, at the Land of Sunshine, vol. viii, time edited by Dr. in the to trade Ee aa e244, to the aforeone hundred lodges; which Frenchmen sold ge for mules. said Cumanches plenty of m uskets in exchan Frenchmen deAnd soon as this barter was effected, said ted for their own country, only two of themhem remainie ‘a the village of the Cumanches to come in with them de Marqués Diego Pineda; Ayala. Description of a house on the main street of Santa Fe as lest : a la Yglesia ‘‘H: follows: ollows En la Calle Real que ba de la plaza nueba q se esta fabricando.”’ * ein, sir <ntipiacina en de la Mora Juan 149 OF NEW MEXICO PoP rere . 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