BID Number
1795
Birth
N.D.: CALATAYUD, ESPANA
Death
1704: MEXICO
Occupation
1697 - 1703: NUEVO MEXICO/GOBERNADOR
Ethnicity
ESPANOL
Notes
1697 : APPOINTED JUNE 24, 1692; ARRIVED IN SANTA FE JULY 2, 1697; VARGAS PREDECESSOR WAS UNWILLING TO RELINQUISH POST. 1697 : CONDUCTED RESIDENCIA OF VARGAS AND FOUND HIM GUILTY AND VARGAS WAS INCARCERATED. HAD BEEN IN ROYAL SERVICE FOR 26 YEARS FOR SPAIN; SPANISH ARMY IN SICILY. HIS TERM AS GOVERNOR IS CONSIDERED RETROGRESSIVE. 1698 : INDIAN POLICIES INCLUDED PACIFICATION OF PUEBLOS AT ACOMA, ZUNI, MOQUI. 1699 : GREAT ENMITY WITH FRANCISCANS 1703 : ENDORSED BY CABILDO. 1697 : PURCHASED OFFICE, ARRESTED AND JAILED DIEGO DE VARGAS.
Source
FISHER: BOLTON
Sources
FISHER, V.:KEY TO RESEARCH MATERIALS OF H.E.BOLTON (UNPUB.MS) ESPINOSA: CRUSADERS OF THE RIO GRANDE ... (1942)
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