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Show 170 186 es i THE SPANISH ARCHIVES SANTA FE. January OF NEW 1, 1713. Auto de eleccion of an alcalde ordin ario Ty. ee o> ; TT MIGU EL, oa writs, testimony, ete., . LINARES, DUKE OF. Apparantly a mandami waler,ilogihl, 188 FP ae FR. 1f : Sant a Fe, April 20, 1714.. eath of Catalina de Valdes. 188 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES MEXICO in the trial of for : Blurred DIE ! GO pr. and Santa th 424 obliterated by Fe, April 22, al having received alms for ten masses for Acknowled gment of the soul of Minuet as senha 190 ie 192 ie GARDU NO, BARTOLOME. rm N . March 9, 1713-July 4, Criminal proceedings against for havin ding ying taken to the City of Mexico a soldier, Carlos Lopez, without permission a . 7f ae MOGOLLON, , DON jae te ON JUAN Y YGNACIO YGN . Letter to, about th of certain suspicious Na e arrival at Santa Clara pueblo r vajo chiefs and order of the governo relation thereto. 3f DIRUCACA AC, , GERONIMO. Criminal proceedin gs against; pueblo of Picuriés. 192 a aeITA FE HE PRESIDIAL May 8July 4, 1713 he was an Indian of the 28f COMPANY. July 35, ae Cart . consultas complaining 3g of action of Governor Flores 1M on for non-payment. 6f partly certified, opy — Moc RES 193 FLO OLL Fe Mey ik Decree and lett ers concerning desi upon the pueblo of Santa Clann 194 MINGUES, FR. JUAN. | ee Indians vast "7 7f Santa Fe, October 19, 171°. Receipt eS pt of for seven masses for the soul of Miguel de HerFEF ray Juan de Mingues seems to have been a very popular g e 171 He accompanied the expedition under Villamissionary. zur and lost his life along with the others; he was chaplain of the expedition; he left his mission in charge of Fr. Juan Some seem to think that he esdel Pino, June 15, 1720. caped but Fr. Escalante says “Que perecieron los mas entre ellos el padre Fray Minguez, msionero de esta custodia.’”’ this There seem to have been a great many accounts of all of expedition, varying in many particulars and almost Ina paper prepared for the Kansas State them unreliable. of Historical Society by Prof. John B. Dunbar, Massacre im the Villasur Expedition by the Pawnees on the Platte 1720, at its conclusion, the writer has gathered the French ‘‘ Whatever else I have and the Indian accounts; he says: will discovered that relates to this topie [fray Minguez| appear in the following brief paragraphs: sus “Memories Historiques sur la Lowsiane, Compose les Memoires de M. Batel-Dumont, vol. 11, pp. 283-288. the march “The writer in this instance ignores entirely substitutes to the Pawnee Village upon the Platte, and with therefor a march from Santa Fe toward the northeast, powerful a Missouris, the of villages the reaching a view of in the centribe at that time occupying a valuable domain At that date, 1722, perhaps tral part of western Missouri. and well a mistake for 1720, this tribe was numerous known. The Spanish caravan was reported as numbering Their reason for this 1,500 men, women and children. the Missouris and reach might they that was movement upon the Spaninflicted e beforetim wrongs for punish them They iards. the Osages intended first to visit the tribe of destroying the and engage them to assist the Spaniards in by mistake Missouris. The commander of the caravan came upon the Missouris, and supposing them to be Osages, The Missour! made known at once his malign purpose. aid in carryto consented and feelings his d chief dissemble ing out the plot. Soon after, early in the morning, the , chief with his warriors, attacked the slumbering Spaniards The women, girls one man only surviving, the chaplain. as they might serve and children were allowed to live, that slaves. ‘¢ OF NEW MEXICO The caravan had brought many horses, and, as the chaplain, the Indians could not ride them, they forcedthem for their before ride to spared, had whom they After day. every do to required was he This amusement. g his skill, having several months, while one day displayin spurred his suddenly he food, already secured a supply of speed toward the west, 1. ©. steed, darted away at full again seen by his captors. toward Santa Fe, and was never |