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A description written by Governor Fernando de la Concha of the conduct and precedents of mediating with the Comanche and Yuta Nations as governor of the province of New Mexico. Through this alliance, he establishes peaceful relations with the generals and captains of these nations, including Parqunarimuco, Muguisachi, and Hisampapi. The second-to-last page includes a diagram in correlation to the first page of the document and was signed on November 10, 1787.

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Francisco Antonio Pimentel accounts of the armed expedition to Tiburon Island with Don Diego Ortiz Parilla, governor and captain of the provinces of Sinaloa, Ostimuri, and Sonora. This voyage included armed captains, soldiers, and large groups of Pimas and Jesuits whose primary intent was to forcefully remove and displace the Seri [Yoris] Nation and establish a Jesuit mission program. At the end of the diary, Pimentel includes a romanticized poem about Tiburon Island.

Scope and Contents Concerned about the invasions of the intern provinces of the East, Viceroy Bernardo de Galvez issues a set of regulations requiring the intern provinces under the jurisdiction of Juan de Ugalde and Jacobo Ugarte to strictly adhere to them. The articles specify an account of all affairs and news concerning the provinces, the costs and extractions that are made, the observance of all territories and their frontiers, and the killing of any Indigenous person as a crime against the Spanish crown....

Scope and Contents A.L.S. to Don Pedro Fermin de Mendinueta, governor of New Mexico, on November 25, 1776. Fray Francisco Dominguez recounts his journey with Fray Silvestre de Escalante, most commonly known as the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition, and their arrival at the Nueva Señora de Guadalupe de Zuni Mission. In this journey, they report their success in converting multiple indigenous nations to Christianity and having 2 Laguna translators on their expedition. They also detail their encounter with the Moqui...

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Jose Maria de Echeandia’s secretary, Agustin Juan Vicente Zamorano, wrote this document, which outlines the civil and militant governments within the territories of Alta and Baja California. The document enlists territorial disputes, military government and its dependents, standing artillery corps, engineers, permanent cavalry, active artillery militia, open ports, public estates, commissioners, and courts of justice.

Scope and Contents In a letter sent to Junipero Serra from Fray Vicente Ferrer, describes the revolt of the Kumeyaay (Diegueno) people against the Mission San Diego de Alcala on the morning of November 5, 1775. He mentions how the Kumeyaay set fire to wooden structures, ransacked churches, and shot multiple arrows at militants and priests. Ferrer requests that more priests be sent to the San Diego Mission, as well as financial assistance for damaged goods. He also requests that Captain Don Fernando Riviera be...