Letters from clergy to virrey Bucarely acknowledging receipt of instructions regarding the new method of mission government
Serial Number
041-03686
Title
Letters from clergy to virrey Bucarely acknowledging receipt of instructions regarding the new method of mission government
Author(s)
Gonzales, Miguel (Fray)
Garcia Figueroa, Francisco (Fray) and others
Date
09-04-1772
Date
11-16-1772
Documentation
September 4, 1772-November 16, 1772. 48p. Letters copy
Summary
Contains letters from various priests concerning their ability or inability to apply the new method to their areas. Gonzales relates difficulties in promoting the plan due to the nature of the land and the temperament of the Indians. Concerns the location of missions and needed incentives to keep Indians in missions. Describes the roles of the missionaries as fathers, teachers and employers. Provisions for the sick and elderly. Discusses suspending the synod, expense records and an annual auditor to be sent by virrey. Relates deterioration and depopulation of missions of Chihuahua, condition of other missions and need to have Indians congregated there - not sent to Spanish haciendas. Discusses fact that Indians in Moqui are pacified due to fact that they live with christians, need for more missionaries and military to assure this type of peace and avoid violence such as with the Apaches. Includes a complete list of missions that received the virrey's instructions of July 13, 1772. (M. Dannemiller, October 1987)
Persons
Banos, Joachin (Fray)
Arricivita, Julio Domingo (Fray)
Ruiz, Joachin (Fray)
Hernandez, Julio (Fray)
Flores, Sebastian (Fray)
Pinillo, Miguel
Canal, Antonio
Garrido, Pedro
Gualeguas
Gonzales, Miguel (Fray)
Garcia Figueroa, Francisco (Fray)
Bucarely y Ursua (Virrey)
Places
California (Peninsula)
Mexico, San Domingo de (Convento)
San Luis Potosi (Mision)
San Francisco (Mision)
Namiguapa (Mision)
Rio Grande (Mision)
Leon
Zacatecas
Queretaro
Tampico
Pimeria
Nuevo Mexico
Moqui (Provincia)
Zuni (Mision)
Sandia (Mision)
Galisteo (Pueblo)
Gemes (Pueblo)
Zia (Pueblo)
Santa Clara (Pueblo)
Santa Fee (Presidio)
Chihuahua
Sonora
Mexico, San Francisco de (Convento)
Valladolid
Guadalajara
Ethnic Groups
Apaches
First Location
AZTM, AGN, Vol. 152 ff. 070-093
Original Location
AGN, Mexico City, Provincias Internas Vol. 152 ff. 070-093
Language
Spanish
Reference Number
15200002
Type
Text
UAiR identifier
uadc://masterindex/8033
ISO 369-1 Language code
es
ISO 369-3 Language code
spa
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