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Show a :a ; 4 Cia, e Se . ‘ed —_—~ ek oe, her erate ee 190 309 310 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES VALVERDE OF NEW MEXICO THE SPANISH ARCHIVES y COSSIO . July o-September 9, 1720, Account of the general visit a of th € governor and captaingeneral. 15f ROMER 3, 1720, O, JUAN pe DIOS. Santa Fe, June 20-July Complaint against Juan Antoni 0 Lopez for ill-treatm ent of two young men and the forei ble entry of his residence; writs, test imony, ete. 310a VALERO, MARQ UES DE, Vicer oy. Mexic o, June 9, 1720, Mandamiento of the viceroy to form a presidio in the Jica authorizing Governor Valverde rilla and to send his lieutena to explore the country nt The expedition of the French. against the Pawnees and the 6f French, with their knives ber of whom ver. through accompanied the ex- The expedition pursued a southern and southeastern lorac d finally arrived at the Quartelejo . this point Colonel Villas ur marched in the directionLeaving latte fiver, which strea of the m he reached on the 15th of August, 1720. wnees had been warned of his apPresThe into two parties and began circling Shortly the Indians retired to their ated about two and one-half miles berk Of the river. mitted their horses t¢ It was early in the afternoon 5 they when remounted and moved eastw while Villasur’s men began ardly along the river. Meancutting away the long grass ( machetes), thus furnishing a vi seare ge ee animals Re ae ee the were picketed.i Villa illas aera ho had ee come with aa him he for the night the Apaches who icarilla. ae During all of this time the ae Pa oe had called for his carbine and was . a ay . mounting ‘when a volley swept through the camp. of musketry The Pawnees from 4 in id eee cle flights of arrows. Colonel Villasur and oe ee fell dead; more than two-thirds of the Ja ri ac. killed or wounded as a result of the we ae sie mainder of the Spaniards and the pickets Pee ca back three times, but soon were compelled se ea. flight. The Apaches made their escape; the re Psa taal exception of five or six, who made their sah ee Santa Fe, were all een aa reached Santa Fe in twenty-two days. , é going to the Spanish camp and were spina themselves upon an island in the river, hageiy erin c iy with tall grass. Karly the ripest er . Wilohie d just received his horse trom int, f reached € use of the In reality, the animals were loa ded with merchandi used for trading purposes with the Indians of thesePlaito be ns. The expedition Proceeded to the post call miles from Santa Fe, in the present state ed J icarilla, 110 of Colorado, in Conejos county. The place was occupied by the Jicarilla tribe of Apaches, a 191 OF NEW MEXICO a than one-half of the entire garrison a Santa The Pawnee and French loss was small. CHILLO, JUAN. a September eae Proceedings against him; he was shanti oe Laguna and was charged with having killed the pueblo, called Lucas. ae i, penaliod. ; aan i oe a Oe af ey GARZIA, JOSEPH. Sania Fe, Octoberne“ty ante. te Garzia was a master tailor; this was ss authorizing him to teach a boy, named Bise fe PALVERDE 2 COBW. yond’ @ Se ee weapBando ordering the inhabitants to muster i the campaign ons and horses and be prepared in ih pa nboe' 2 which it was intended to make against | © career. BUSTAMANTH, DON JUAN DOMINGO, Santa Fe, March 2, 1722. of Auto reciting the taking posses sion | of the : overnment the Governor the Province on March 2 . the eg 1722 b and Captain-General Bustamante. ae ; M SANTA FE PRESIDIAL COMPANY. 1722. to the Petition of the officers and soldiers of the comp a |
