Deer

Index and extractions from legajo 12 (1765) containing administrative, military, and religious information regarding various provincias. Indexed material includes petition by Oca for health leave; remission of treasures from Chihuahua mines; discovery of islands near San Juan and San Bernardo; petitions for travel; salt mine development; canons and gunpowder for presidios; auxiliary troops provided to San Saba; instruction of military recruits; Indian invasions in los Alamos and Batuco Valley; need for supplementing arms, horses to Buena Vista recruits; request that a held white deer be submitted to Mexico; establishment of navigation between Acapulco and Matanchel; establishment and fortification of presidio of Buena Vista and money allocated for work; salaries for citizens substituting for absent soldiers; department of wine and spiritous liquors. (J. Hiller, July 1989)

Baca requests passport and financial aid on behalf of self and others to return to Nueva Mexico after transporting deer to Spain; passport granted, money denied; little significant data. (D. J. McClelland, February 1989)

Concerns cost of transportation and maintenance of five deer from Nueva Mexico for king; Cuentas including costs of feed for deer, pay for servants, aguardiente for sick deer (worms in ear); Herrero requests 400 pesos to continue covering costs; issue of financial support of Herrero's family discussed; servants complain of salaries being too low; letters, Cuentas mostly from Herrero. (D. J. McClelland, February 1989)

Trebol Navarro is commissioned to transport some Venados (buras o alazanes-both terms interchanged throughout documents) to Spain for king; expediente deals primarily with costs of transport and feeding of deer, including hire of servants to aid Navarro in journey and caretaking of deer, and especially cost of return to Nueva Mexico upon accomplishing task; everyone reimbursing people for job with enough to both travel home and have money to present to families after over three years, absence; interesting Series of documents. (D. J. McClelland, February 1989)

Duran and Loyola request pension on Duran's behalf equivalent to salary of soldier (amount awarded to late Husband, Saenz Garbizu, for driving Benados buras to capital to be sent to king), to live on; virrey agrees on amount of pension, under condition that it be given to her only once, and as limosna. (D. J. McClelland, January 1989)

Herrera requests salary befitting teniente de Cavalleria as was promised him before his retirement, cites time he was commissioned to transport five Venados alazanes (or buras) to king in Spain, and did so successfully; interesting document. (D. J. McClelland, January 1989)

Correspondence between virrey and gobernador of Nuevo Santander regarding various military procedural matters; many letters acknowledging receipt of and sending of other letters, not all present; one Series of letters (not in chronological order) regards Indian who steals horses and is eventually killed by Indians of another tribe for disturbing peace; several refer to Indian raids; some letters negotiating salary of Echeagaray the new gobernador; woman referred to as wife of soldier, pasajera, Indian girl; some letters about wrongful treatment of Indians under command of tenientes who are not trustworthy, reprimands, and requests for changed behavior; rancher's account of encounter with Indians he believes killed someone; daily life described in scenario preceding Vaqueros' encounter with Indians, ending up with death of Indians; brief mention of subsistence restrictions placed on Indians (f.280); F. 279 interesting letter; drought referred to in terms of delayed travel plans; all documents in Series interrelated and mixed up. (D. J. McClelland, November 1988)

Correspondence concerning: donation of benado blanco sano y robusto, coche con mulas y cochero con guarnission de soldados and other supplies; brief mention of apprehension of deserters; collection of taxes and sale of tobacco, 'polvo y rama'; populating of Cruillas and other newly founded towns; congratulating Marques de Croix for appointment to virreynato, informing him that revistas and 'libretas' en route; service records of Teniente Martiarena and Capitan Urresti. (L. Kerr, November 1988)

Cruillas asks Cachupin to get (white ?) Does from pacified Indians living next to the Cumanche nation. Cachupin replies that he managed to catch and tame some Young deer of alzane breed, but assures virrey that there are no white deer in Nueva Mexico; they are to be found only in hot climates, near la Linea equinocial. (D. Marksz, 1987)

Virrey(?) Requests that Cachupin catch and send him as many white deer as he can. Cachupin responds that he has not seen nor caught any white deer. (D. Marksz, August 1987)