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Show 138 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO it may be [made] punctually, which proposition j ported by the Reverend Father Cusioain of the aid Inces, 1t was resolved unanimously that it shall be borne in mind by His Excellency, in order that, taking into consideration the urgencies and pressing deman ds of the monarchy and the defense of these dominions, so much insisted upon by his Majesty, and the condition of the treasury of Guadalajara, where this must be paid, he shall issue the proper orders as the governor and garris on must know of the punctual payment of this garrison made by the treasury officials of Guadalajara (as appears by their certificates) of large sums and portions paid to this garrison and to its governor in their name, even without having his Excellency’s order in regard to the express prohibition imposed upon them, because of the necessity to fulfill the just obligation to assist all in accordance with the orders of his Majesty and the ability of the Treasury, because of the stringency under which they labor. “On the second point in which the garris on insist upon being reimbursed for the eighteen dollars and odd deducted from their salaries and from those of all the others in Vizcaya, to support the Flying Company of thirty men, which Ae recent ly it raised and established for the 41ssions of the Rio del Norte, in the Provincedefense of the of Coahuila, was unanimously resolved to follow the decisi on made in the general meeting of February twenty-sixth , of this said brane In order not to take any new steps until his Majesty, W ee been informed of the same, shall decide, and this petition should be treated in accordance with the decisions In regard to other garrisons of Vizcaya which have made the aot and they have been told that it has ee s 9 6-8-¢—4¢ ot elie Se eeie Bere oCewe ee CR eS a cite At eee Dek el dead ae . ee a a Se pe ee hl Sas She ber her hear ae er i oF hel OF NEW MEXICO 139 quired by defensive war, refraining from the offensive and endeavouring, by the most gentle measures that his prudence and zeal in the service of both Majesties may suggest, to bring peace, obedience and submission to them, and he shall follow this course; and he is informed that it having been decided, in accordance with the royal orders of his Majesty, to make offensive war on the Acocayme and Cocoyome Indians of New Biscay, and this having been done last year, new orders have been received now from his Majesty that it shall be discontinued and be defensive only, and that methods, suave and bland, shall be used with the rebels, avoiding as much as possible the shedding of blood in their reduction, which is made to apply to New Mexico and to the proposed expedition against the Moquis. ‘‘On the fourth point, in which the said governor refers to having reéstablished the Villa of Galisteo, bringing back to it the residents who had settled it and who had become scattered over the country on account of the attacks made upon them by the rebel enemies, and also of having founded a Villa, which he called Alburquerque, and that it has no bell, altar furniture, chalice nor vessels, it was unanimously resolved that, as it has already been founded, it shall be aided as a favor, and that there shall be sent to it, on the first opportunity, the bell, altar furniture, chalice and vessels asked for, this assignment being in accordance with the royal law for new settlements, and he being ordered not to make other [settlements] without informing his Excellency and consulting with him with reference to his reasons for the same, in order that he may send him orders as to what he shall do, his Excellency adding that as he has a royal order that a Villa shall be founded, with the name of San Aue : one to his Majesty and they must await his royal Felipe, in memory of His Royal Majesty, the said governor ‘On the third point which the said governor presents pe en he consults his lice is chat nae tion be recorded in the archives of the Villa of Santa Fe. ‘‘On the fifth point, in which report is made to his Excel- a ie “ each kingdom, he will during the present year aban anaes of Moqui to reduce it to obedience to his Lea , , alt ea THE SPANISH ARCHIVES oe A e ne the Church, because of the many lost souls oe and the propriety and importance of pro- Bess : a 2 etter security of the peaceable Christian ae © Apostate Indians hold it as a place of refuge ee to make their attacks. was unanimously decided that in view of its having cas ee at former general meetings, and by the orders : ance therewith, that were issued to rnor that he shall maintain and preserve allthe said govthat is ac- is ordered to call it so for the future, and that this resolu- lency of what had been done in that kingdom, the wars carried on at the time he took possession, what had been ac- complished by them, and the treaties of peace made with the tribes of the province and mountains of Navajo and the Apaches, placing the said kingdom in a condition of peace and quiet in which it now remains, the Indians supporting themselves by the trade brought about between the savages and the other inhabitants, the kind treatment of them by him, and the presents and clothes which the said Governor gave them; all of which induced the governors, caciques and chiefs of the tribes of the said kingdom and provinces to |