Notice of the number of bovine cattle, branded and orejano, which. the citizens of this Royal Presidio of SCa]n Ant[oniJo de Bexar and

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1 130 t Notice of the number of bovine cattle, branded and orejano, which the citizens of this Royal Presidio of SCa]n Ant[oniJo de Bexar and Villa of 8[a]n Fern[anJdo hav~ gathered and driven to various provinces bordering on this province of Texas, in accord with the directive of the lord commandant general of these Interior Provinces [made] on January 11, 1786~ It is; to ~it~ in the form and manner which follow: Year of On July 19 of said year a ~ was is.sued to Man[ueJl Gonzales to export 30 head from the mission of La 0030 Espada '. '. On the 14th of the same [monthj ~ gu!a was issued to Joaqu!n Flores y Sendeja to export 138 head bel~nging to him and to several other citizens On the 29th of the same [monthj a gu!a was issued to Jose Andres Hernandes to export 19 'head with his brand and mark' On August 1, a..gy.!a was issued to FranEcisJc.o Arocha to, export 281 head from the missions of EEJspC!riJtu Santo and Rosario. It. On the 7th of the same [month] a gula was' issued to Sebastian Monjaras to export 170 he ad i II". On the 9th of the same [month] a gula was issued to Julian de Arocha to export 441 head be1ongi~g to him and to various citizens, and to the missions of CEJspC{riJtu S[anJto and Rosario. ' Year of On May 21 of said year agul~ was issued to Don Simon de Arocha to export 30 head belonging to the missions of CEJspC1riJtu SCanJto and Rosario Total

2 131 Total from overleaf. On May 27 of said year a gula was issued to Juan Jose Flores to export 440 head, partly branded and partly orejanas~ be1~ngi~g to various owners. On October 13 of said year ~ gula was issued to Marcos Hernandes, a resident of the presidio of La Bah!a de [EJsp[1riJtu SCanJto, to export to the province of Luiciana 1234 head, with brands, from the mission of EEJsp[!ri]tu Santo '. Year of 1781 On January 23 of said year a gula was issued to Don Simon de Arocha to export 423 head, with brands, bel~nging to different owners On August 11, a gula was issued to Luis Mariano Men- chaca and Macario Sambrano to export 300 head, with bra.ilds... ca On the same [day] a gula was issued to the mission of La Espada to export 208 head, with brands On the 14th of said month a gula was issued to Juan, Jose Flores to export 120 head, 106 [of them] ore~ Janas and the remaining 14 branded.~ On August 11, a gula was issued to Viz[e~]te Flores for the exportation of 100 head of orejanas and 100 [head] of brands... On the 14th of the same [month] a, gula was i,saued to Don Simon de Arocha for the exportation of 310 head vith brands and 109 orejanas Total Previous total ~ On October 14 of said year ~ gqf~ was issued,to Don Jose Antonio Curbelo for the exportation of 255 head of orejanas, and 159 (head] vith brands, amounti,ng altogether to 414 head' 6 No.,of head 0414

3 132 On February 15 of said yea~ Year of 1782 a guia was issued to Felipe Flores for the -exportation of 770 head, with brands, 'belonging to the diesmo, to Luis Mariano Menchaca, and to several other citizens On April 29, a gu!a was issued to Manuel de Arocha for the exportation of 215 head, with brands, belonging to various owners..., On August 9, a gu!a was issued to Luis Mariano Men- chaca for the exportation of 243 head, 53 [of them] branded and 190 [of them] orejanas On the loth of the same [month] ~ gu!a was issued to Don Sim6n de Arocha, Fran[cis]co Travieso, and Joaquln Leal for the exportation of 135 head of orejanas and 48 [headj with brands" amounti,ng altogether to ' of /I ,Total ' Total from overleaf On August 19, -1782, ~ gu!a was' issued to Manuel Delgado for 308 head, 225 [of them] orejanas belong~ i~g -to Don Jose Ant[oniJo Curbelo, and 67 [of them] branded, belonging to both [men) On the 23rd of the same [month] a gufa was issued to Don Ant[oniJo Bane [i.e., -Blanc) for the'exporta~ tion of 1200 head, with brands, from the mission of [EJsptlriJtu Santo to the province of Luiciana On No~ember 20 of said year a gula was issued to Don Jose de Leon Curiel and Juan Monjaras for the exportation of 188 head, with brands, from the missi'ons of S[aJn Antonio and C9ncepcion. No. 'of head On December 5, a guia was issued to Don Juan Barrera for the exportation o~ 8,4 head bel0!lgi,ng to the diesmo., i it "

4 133 Year of 1783 On January 20, ~ gufa was issued to IgnCaciJo Calbillo for the exportation of 50 head branded with hisiron... On May 23, a guia was issued to Juan Jose Flores for the exportation of 229 head, 149 '[of them] branded and 80 [of themj orejanas Total 8948 No. of head Previou$ total. On May 30, 1783, a gula was issued to Luis Mariano Menchaca and Amador D.elgado for the exportation of 427 head, with brands... " On July 14, a guia was issued to Don FranCcis]c.o Flores and Jose Man[ueJ1 Peres Casanoba for the exportation of 330 head, 184 [of them] branded and 146. [of them] orejanas... On the 18th of the same [monthj, a gula was issued to Don Juan Barrera and Sebastian Monjaras for the exportation of 274 head, 144 [of them] branded and 130 [of tbem] orejana,s... On August 9, a gura was issued to Luis Mariano Menchaca for the exportation of 130 head, with brands... it it. On the 18th of the same [month], a gula was issued. to Juan Flores for the exportation of 108 head, 58 Cof them] branded and 50 [of them] orejanas. On the 19th of the same [month], a gula was issued to Don Simon de Arocha for the exportation of 330 head, 136 [of them] branded and 194 [of them].. ()rej aj1as.. i, On September 2, ~ ggi~ was issued to ViztentJe Flores tor the exportation of 15 head, vith brands Total

5 134 Total from overleaf On September 24, 1783, ~ guia was issued to Manuel Gonza[leJs for the.exportation of 80 head, 72 [of. them] branded and 8 [of themj orejanas... On October 28, a gu!a was iss~ed to FranCcisJco Peres for the exportation of 78 head with brands and 40 orejanas, which amount to Year of 1784 '. On February 27; a gu!a was issued to Jose de Cardenas for the export~tion of 143 head, with.brands On March 21, a gufa was issued to Don ~acario Sambrano for the exportation of 150 head, 138 [of them] branded and 12 [of them] orejanas. On June 3; 'a guj:a was issued to ManCueJl de Arocha for the exportation of 119'head, 76 [of them] ore Janas and 43 [of them] branded. On the 14th of the same [month), ~ gu!a was issued to Luis Mariano Menchaca for the exportation of 612 head, 410 [of them] orejanas and 202 [of them] branded. /; fl ' ' On the 14th of the same [month], a gul:a was issued to Ygnacio Ca1billo for t.he expo'rtation of 55 head, with bratlds... til.,..." Total Previous total On July 14,.1784, a gula was issued to Felis Butier- res for the exportation of 16 head, with brands On JUly 22, a gu!a was issued to Santi~go Segufn for the exportation of 300 head, 179 [of themj orejan~~ and 121 (of themj branded '

6 135 On the 28th of the same [month], a gula was issued to 1 Carlos Martines for the export of 50 head, with brands, from the missions of [EJsp[1riJtu 8CanJto ) and San Antonio Balero... On August 23, ~ gu!a was issued to,ygnacio Ca1bil10 for the exportation of 25 head, with brands, and 5 yokes of oxen... On September 1, ~ gula was issued to Juan Jose Pache- co for the exportation of 369 head, 250 [of them] orejan~s and 119 [of them] branded On the 5th of the same [month), a gula was issued to Luis Mariano Menc~aca for the exportation of 144 head of orejanas '. Year of 1785 On June 27; a gu!a.was issued to Ygnacio Calvillo for the exportation ot 35 head, with brands Total Total from overleaf On July 25, 1785, a gula was issued to Luis Mariano Menchaca for the exportation of 360 head, with brands it ' On the 28th of the same [monthj, ~ gu!a was issued to Viz[entJe Flores and Santiago Peres for the exportation of 551 head, 339 [of themj orejanas and 212 tof them] branded. On August 3, a gu!a was issued to Juan Nepamuceno Guedea for the exportation of 50 head, with b~ands ~ On the 13th of the same [month), a gu!a was issued to Don Macario Sambrano for the exportation of 103 head, with brands It

7 136 On the 19th of the same [month), a gula was issued to Felipe Flores for the exportation of 104 head, 34 [of them] oreja[najs and 70 [of them] branded On the 22nd of.the same [month], a gula was issued to Don Simon de Arocha for the exportation of 760 head~ 513 [of them] orejanas and 247 [of them] branded On September 13, ~ gula was issued to Luciano MartineS and Jose Andres HernanCdeJs for the exportation of 160 head, with brands Year of 1786 On February 28, ~ gu!a was issued to Don Jose de Leon Curiel to export 115 head, with brands Total 151'90 Previou$ total On March 7, 17'86,.a gj.lla was issued to Fra.n[ci s]co Peres to export 70 head, with brands, to the town of Nagcodoches~. j ~ ~ On August 9, a gula was is~ued to Man[ue]l and Juan de-arocha and Ygnacio Calbi110 to export 208 head, 55 Cof them] oreja[na]s and 193 [of them] branded On the loth of the.same CmonthJ, a gu!a was issued to Don Juan Barrera for the exportation of 373 head, with brands. it.,., On the 13th of the.same [month], a gu!a was issued to Santi.ago Segu1n for the exportation of 2 81 head, with brands 41 e'. On the 17th of the same [month], a gula was issued to a carabineer and three privates from the Villa of S[ajn Fern[anJdo for the exportation of 109 heail ~ With brajlds it < On the i9th of the same [monthj, a gll1a was issued to VizCentJe Flores for the exportation of 433 head,' 395 Lof themj orejanas and 38 Cof themj branded, 00433

8 On the 22nd of the same [month], ~ gu1a was issued to Phelipe Flores for the exportation of 412 head, 309 [of them] orejanas and 103 [of them] branded On September 1, a gula was issued to Don Simon de Arocha for the exportation of 802 head, 256 [of them] orejanas and 546 [of them] branded On October 2~ a gu!a was 'issued to Amador D~lgado for the exportation of 140 head, both branded and orejan.a Total Total from overleaf On October 13; 1786, a guj:a was issued to Fran[ci's]co Xavier Rod~igues for the exportation of 165 head, 150 [of themj o~ejanas and 15 [of them] branded On November 2, a ~ was issued to Julian de Arocha for the exportation of 266 head, 240 [of them] ore- ' j,a[n'ajs and 26 [of them) branded " Grand total It appe~s that eighteen thousand, four hundred forty-nine head of branded and prejana [cattle] have been exported from this province to the surrounding ones between July 19 of the year 1779 and November 2 of This information has been derived from the gu!as which have been issued to the persons who have exported the afore-mentioned cattle. In view of [the factj that the senor Captain of Cavalry Don Rafael Martines Pacheco is about to take over this government and the"commandery.,', of arms of this, province of Texas--by order of the Most E~cellent 'Lord Viceroy of this kingdom of [MS torn: unew") Spain--this expediente should be added, alo,ng with others on the subject, to the inventory of docu-

9 ments to be handed over [to Mart!nez Pacheco] as soon as he can assume his office. Thus it is provided, ordered, and s,igned by me, Don Dom- [i,ngjo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant 138 of Arms of this Province of Texas, [etceteraj. At this Royal Presidio of SCa]n AntConiJo, de.bexar on the twenty-ninth day of the month of November, in the year seventeen hundred ~ighty-six, before the attesting witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a notary, doi~g so on this plain paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify. Cabello [Rubri'cJ Jose Plazido de Monzon [Rubric] attesting witness //6-6v CBlankJ Pedro Dras del Castillo [Rubric] attesti~g witness [D.S.; 1-5v pp_, 11/29/1786],.