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Show . et et ee ad eee ed et eed a ai ae ae er ie ee es = 38 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO THE SPANISH ARCHIVES ete i ee spe mee Francisco Xavier, state: that in everything and for everything, I concur in the opinion of the Cabildo. AndI signed. FRANCISCO XAVIER.”’ — si eae a ee ea ed abe sargento mayor, Don Fernando Duran y Chavez said: that having met the wagon trains of his Majesty and the families having been placed in safety in person and with provisions, and the soldiers having been aided in the best possible manner, he favored an immediate return to this kingdom, that the Indians be reconnoitred in every way possible and that formal action be taken in the service eee neg oa BA a em is ball ss oor of God and his Majesty, and I sign it. i ““FERNANDO DuRAN Y CHAVEZ efore me: ‘FRANCISCO XAVIER Secretary of Government and War.’’ G TENET TEER 6¢ HTT NSLS a: To THE GOVERNOR AND CAPTAIN-GENERAL : ; hs Cabildo, J ustice and Regiment of the Villa of Sana He, capital of this kingdom and provinces, having seen your —% s edict published in this Plaza ecience, have been under arms, Praw Pit ~ F ) a Sete: Tes OLE Excellency at the camping place of Fray Cristobal, - oe and notorious and within the xcellency, that for many days since oo and the capitulars of this de Armas state: That. as it knowledge of your the inhabitants of Cabildo, with due by day and by night person ondand te the during the siege, fighting ae destroying some in the defense o _of your Excellency’s “sda sc all in oo , others in defense of their lives and families, and ot ah ie ce sca eee. rg 11 ng of this portion principally to the of hig Majesty’s preservation pos- . of the ey; nub the discord of the devil, disseminated province, induced of this eeEen which they undertook, with their Hees pets and them from to the which Composing this army escaped the great loss of those who died in the es, with war, een and ev ery one of us naked, Starving, our property , our habitations destroyed and burned. without e of the kingdom, the principal sinews ortion being compelled to bring their » traveling on foot, the enemy every- : having withdrawn with their booty to OF NEW MEXICO 39 visions, even of a small amount of corn; that there are more than two thousand five hundred people, of whom a few more than one hundred are soldiers, the remainder consisting of women and children; the nearest source of supplies being in the possession of the enemy, a distance of more than forty leagues from this camping place, so that his Excellency has been compelled to send out troops with scouts into the country of the peaceful Indians in quest of provisions for the sustenance of the army; wherefore, notwithstanding the aforesaid reasons, with a view of not depopulating the kingdom, and being engaged in a campaign with the infidel enemy, the Apaches, beyond the confines of the populated district, may it please your Excellency to make a change of locations; first placing in safety the women and children who are dying on these plains, advising his Majesty through his Viceroy and the Royal Court (Real Acuerdo) so that he, with his Christian zeal, may give us the forces necessary for our return and the restoration of this kingdom through force of arms; and that, while his Majesty determines as he may see fit, we, the subjects in this army may locate in some convenient place ; and if any one on account of necessities arising owing to their having been robbed and left in poverty by the enemy, may feel required to leave the place of his habitation, upon request, such leave may be granted by your Excellency in writing, provided he shall return in compliance with the orders of his Majesty, and that the Prelate or Prelates of the Holy Order of Saint Francis may be required to give us the ministers necessary for the administration of the Holy Gospel, and above all, that whatever his Excellency may deem proper for the service of God and his Majesty, which will be proper, may be done; and may it please your Excellency to command that authority therefor be given publicly and in a manner to be attested. ‘CH RANCISCO XAVIER ‘¢GREGORIO DE VALDEZ ‘‘Luis GRANILLO ‘¢ ALONSO DEL Rio ‘‘Before me; to which I certify: ‘“FRANCISCO DE VELASCO ‘*Clerk of the Cabildo.’’ ‘* At the camping place of La Salineta, in the Conversion of Our Lady of Guadalupe of El Paso, on the Rio del Norte, on the 18th day of September, in the year 1680, Don Antonio de Otermin, Governor and Captain General of the Provinces of New Mexico for his Majesty, said: That, |
