Francisco Elizondo. Entrada of Francisco Elizondo into province of Coahuila to reduce Chichimeca Indians there.

Serial Number
210-00004
Title
Francisco Elizondo. Entrada of Francisco Elizondo into province of Coahuila to reduce Chichimeca Indians there.
Author(s)
Elizondo, Francisco
Date
01-02-1674
Date
02-19-1674
Documentation
Santiago del Saltillo. January 2 - February 19, 1674. Auto. Photostat.
Summary
Elizondo entrada into province of Coahuila to Rio de las Sabinas 60 leagues north of Saltillo. Encounters various Indian groups, including some suffering from viruelas (small pox), called by names of their capitanes (See 022). Indians apparently sick, hungry, petitioning for reduccion. Describes poverty of country, noting that Indians don't know how to farm, and subsist only on raises y frutas de su tierra. Grants Indians lands along Rio de los Sabinas, advises that no Spaniards be allowed into area because of horror gran Indians have of them, nor should Spaniards be allowed to pass thru to hunt buffalo. (T. Sheridan) (1977)
Persons
Elizondo, Francisco de (Justicia Mayor y Capitan de Guerra de Saltillo)
Larios, Juan (Fray)
Huiquechal (Indian Capitan)
Bohole (Indian Capitan)
Manos Prietas (Indian Capitan) Pinaneca (Indian Capitan)
Obaya (Indian Capitan)
Babaymore (Indian Capitan)
Zupulama (Indian)
Omomones (Indian Capitan)
Xicocoje (Indian Capitan)
Places
Santiago del Saltillo (Villa)
Quahuila (Coahuila) (Provincia)
Sabinas (Rio)
Nuestra Senora de la Guadalupe (Villa)
Norte (Rio)
San Ildefonso de la Paz (Puesto)
Ethnic Groups
Xicocojes
Boboles
Huiguechales
Chichimecas
First Location
TXU, Tex. Hist. Ctr. Arch. S. Fran. El grande 2q248 835 v. 001 pp. 063-078
Original Location
BNM, Mexico, Arch. S. Fran. El Grande Leg. 0094 no. 03a ff. 063-078
Language
Spanish
Batch Reference Number
4628
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