Agreement celebrated by the cavildo and residents of this presidio. of San AntConiJo de Bexar of the province of Texas with the missions

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1 10 Year of t Agreement celebrated by the cavildo and residents of this presidio of San AntConiJo de Bexar of the province of Texas with the missions of [the province], regarding the roundi.ng up of their cattle, bovine and equine, branded as well as unbranded, stray, and ownerless. No. 2

2 11 t At the Royal Presidio of San Ant[oniJo de Bexar and the villa of San Fernando, on the eighth day of the month of January of the year seventeen hundred eighty-seven, before me, Don Rafael Martlnez Pacheco, captain of cavalry, interim governor, and commandant of arms of the province of Texas by commission conferred by "the Most Excellent Lord Conde de Galbes, viceroy of this ki~gdom of New Spain, there appeared in person the cabildo, justicia, y reximiento of this afore-mentioned villa", to wit: senores Don Simon de Arocha, alcalde de primer voto; Don Luis Mariano Menchaca, alcalde "de segunda nominacion;a # Don Joaqu!n Menchaca, regidor de cano; Don ADon Fran[cisJco Trabieso, alguac[ijl mayor # Joaquln Leal, "regidor segundo; Don Pedro Sambrano, regidor tercero; Don Mariano Delgado, regidor quarto; Don Joaquln Flores, regidor quinto; Don Santiago ~eguln," regidor sexto; and Don Juan Jose Bueno, procuraddr slndico general; in the company "of two other individuals who were Don Juan Jose Flores, general agent for the residents of this aforesaid presidio and vill"a; and Don Macario Sambrano. Also [present werej the Very Reverend Padres Fray Jose FranCcisJco Lopes, minister of the mission of San Ant[oniJo de Valero; Fray Manuel de Villagra, "minister of the [missionj of.nuestra Senora de la Concepcion; Fray Man[ue]l Gonzales, minister of the [mission] of San Juan Capistrano; Fray Pedro Norena, minister of the [mission] of San Francisco de l,a Espada; and representing the Very Reverend Padre Fray Jose Luis Mariano de Cardenas, minister of the [mission] of [EJsp[!ri]tu SCanJto, the Very Reverend Padre Fray 'Jose Rafael de Oliba, president of of./

3 12 all [the missions] included under the government of this aforesaid province, and minister of the Lord's [mission] of San Jose. I swear that I know these [individuals], all of whom, by common consent and in a single voice--[as well as] each for himself--jointly said that it has now been a period of fourteen years, more or less, since they have been able to undertake the branding of their bovine and equine cattle with the formality to which they were accustomed in the past; that [this was] because they had been hindered in part by the continuous and incessant war which this province has carried on Il lv with the numerous and warlike nation of the Cumanche Indians, who, within the past year, have ceased their hostilities, thanks to the peace agreement made with them; and that [thereforej they ask and beg me to allow them to [brandj all the unbranded, stray, and ownerless cattle--of both kinds--which may be found on their respective pastures, according to the pact and agreement which is expressed in the following articles. 1...That the mission of [E]sp[lriJtu S[anJto be permitted to round \ up its aforesaid cattle on the lands encompassed from the afo~e-cited mission up the San Antonio River to where "it joins the Arroyo de[l] Cleto; from here in a straight line to the head of the Arroyo del Cuchillo of the Badefios; from here in a str~ight line to where the Arroyo de los Nogales empties into the Guadalupe River; from here downriver to its outlet to the sea; and from here up the San Antonio River to the aforesaid mission. 2 That for the same purpose the mission of San Ant[oniJo Valero be allotted the [lands] encompassed from its rancho, called La. Mora, up the San Antonio River to the west to where it enters the Arroyo de

4 13 Espanta Perros; from here in a straight line to the Loma de la Tuerta, following the Arroyo de Santo Dom[ingJo to where the [ArroyoJ de Puente de Piedra joins the Canada de la Leona; from here to the east along the headwaters of the Cunillo [Conillo?J and those of the Arroyo de la Escondida; [from herej in a straight line down to where it joins the San Antonio River; and from here up the river to the afore-cited rancho of La Mora. 3...That the afore-mentioned mission of San Antonio Valero, that of N[uesJtra S[enoJra de la Concepcion, and that of San Juan Capistrano, may round up their aforesaid cattle from Las Calaberas in a straight line to where the Arroyo Colorado joins the [ArroyoJ del Clbolo; from here in a straight line to the headwaters of the [Arroyo del] Cleto and the [Arroyo delj Carriso; from here in a straight line running to the Loma del C apote and the // 2 Guadalupe ROlver; from h ere uprlver.. t 0 were h it enters the canada of the Menchacas; from here in a straight line to the Arroyo del Clbolo [in the] direction of the Corral de Barrancas, \ and in a straight line to the Arroyo del Rosillo, bordering the lands of the mission of La Concepcion and those of the afore-cited Omission] of San Anto.nio Valero. 4 That the mission of La Espada may round up its aforesaid cattle from its rancho, called Las Cabras, in a straight line and up the San AntConiJo River to the middle of the rancho of Calbillo, and Pefia; from here to the headwaters of the Arroyos of Padre Mariano and El Picoso; from here in a straight line to the Arroyo de Lucas; from here to the lake of Santa [EJfigenia; from here to the headwaters of the [Arroyo de] los Gatos; from here in a straight line down to the lake

5 14 of Las Animas; and from here upriver to the same rancho of Las Cabras. 5. That the ranchos of San Bartholo and.the [rancho] of the G[ueJrras may round up their cattle which have strayed out of their own lands from the same rancho of San Bartholo in a str~ight line down to where the San Ant[oniJo River joins the [Arroyo delj Cleto; from here in a str~ight line to the headwaters of the [Arroyo] del Cuchillo of the Badenos; from here in a str~ight line north to Las Tetillas; from here in a str~ight line to the headwaters of the [Arroyo de] los Olmos; from here in a straight line to where Canada Verde joins the Cleto; from here in the same direction to the Arroyo de los Alamos; from here in a str~ight line to where the Arroyo de la Chamuchina joins the [Arroyo] del Cfbolo; and from here down to the same rancho of San Bartholo. 6.That the rancho of Los Granados, and that of Las Mulas, may round up their cattle which have strayed from their respective lands, from the Arroyo de la Chamuchina in a straight line up to the [Arroyo] del Cibolo, to where the latter joins the [Arroyo] Colorado; from here in 2v a str~ight line east to the II headwaters of the Cleto; from here to those of the [ArroyoJ del Cuchillo of the Badenos; from here in a straight line down the arroyo to the corral at the lake of the late Pomuzeno Trabieso; and from here in a ~tr~ight line to Las Tetillas, bordering the lands of the rancho of San Bartholo. 7..That the ranchos of the Hernandez, of Marcos de Castro, of the Menchacas, of the De~gados, and of the Arochas, may round up their cattle from the headwaters of the [Arroyo del] Cuchillo of the Badenos, bordering the lands of the mission of [EJsp[1riJtu S[anJto, in a

6 15 straight line to where the Arroyo de lo~ Nogales empties into the Guadalupe River; from here upriver to the Loma del Capote, bordering the lands of the mission of San Juan Capistrano and of the [mission] of NCues]tra Senora de la Concepcion; from here in a straight line to the headwaters of the Carrizo; from here to those of the Cuchillo; from here down to the afore-mentioned corral at the lake of the late Pomuceno Trabieso; from here in a straight line to Las Tetillas; and from here to the aforesaid headwaters of the Cuchillo, bordering the lands of the mission of [E]sp[1riJtu SCan]to. In consequence whereof, and in consideration of the public benefit to the residents of this afore-mentioned province, as well as the neophytes of its aforesaid missions, I have seen fit.to grant and permit them the afore-cited request, such that, within the limits here expressed.', they might effect the roundup of their bovine and equine cattle-- branded as well as unbranded, stray, and ownerless. [They may do so] on the condition that each one of the raisers of said cattle, and the I.missions, present to me afterward a list or sworn report of the number and type of the latter [ownerless] category which they have branded and marked, so that Whatever repercussions might develop in this matter, the [raisers] will be within their rights,against any charges which might be brought against them. //3 In confirmation of this consent and authorization, they signed with me in the presence of the attesting witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as' there is none stamped. This I certity. Raphael MarCt!neJz Pacheco trubricj

7 16 Simon de Arocha Luis Mariano Menchaca Fran[cis]co Travieso Juachln, Menchaca Juach1n Leal Pedro Sambrano For P[adrJe Fr[ay] Luiz Mariano Cardedas [sic], Fr[ay] Josef RafCae]1 Oliva Fr[ay] J[osep]he Fr[ancis]co Lopez Fr[ay] Manuel GonzCaleJs FrCayJ Pedro Norefia Fr[ay] J[oseJph'Mar1a Garc1a Mariano Delgado Joach1n Flores, Santiago Segu.1n Juan J[oseJph Flores Jose Macario Sambrano Attesting witness Jossse Fran[cisJco de la Mata. Juan Jose Bueno Attesting witness Jose Melchor Yanze //3 v [Blank] [D.S., 1-3 pp., in E. 1/8/1787-7/4/1787]

8 17 t We, the cabildo and,agents for this villa of S[a]n Fern[anJdo, have decided to effect the roundup of cattle, which will take place under the followi~g terms: First, the ranchos of Don Simon de Arocha and Don Juan de Arocha, and their affiliates, will be combined, the ranch owners [allotted] four [men] and their affiliates [allotted] two.! [The party of] the rancho of Don Luis Menchaca and his affiliates will consist of up to 16 [men] in number. [The party of] the rancho of the Delgados and their affiliates will consist of up to 16 [men] in number. [The party of] the r~cho of the Hernandes and Don Macario Sambrano, with their affiliates, will b~ 16 [men] in number. [The party of] the rancho of the Flores and their affiliates will consist of 16 [menj in numberg [The party of] the rahcho of the Guerras will have six men. [The party of] the rancho of Las Mulas, with its affiliates, will consist of up to 16 [men] in number. [The party of] the rancho of the Granados and their affiliates will amount to up to 16 [men] in number. jj4v All the parties outlined [above] must limit their. roundup to the lands which were assigned to them ~n the agreement made in the month of January of the present year.,[they mustj clearly understand that' they will respect the boundaries indicated in the latest adjustment made. with the mission of [EJsp[iri]tu Santo to the south, and [that made] to the north with the missions of 8[a]n Juan Capistrano, La Pur!sima Concepcion,

9 18 and S[a]n Ant[oniJo BaIera, along with all other instructions which thesenor governor might see fit to make. CD., 4-4v pp., in E. 1/8/1787-7/4/1787] At the villa of San Fernando and Royal Presidio of San Antonio de Bexar, on the fourth day of the month of July of the year seventeen hundred eighty-seven, before me, Don Rafael Martlnez Pacheco, captain _ of cavalry and interim governor, both military and political, of the province of Texas, by commission conferred by the Most Excellent Conde de Galvez, viceroy of this kingdom of New Spain, and subinspector subdelegate of arms of [the provincej for the lord commandant general of the four Eastern provinces, Colonel Don Juan de Vgalde, there appeared the cav[iljdo and agent //5 of this community, bearing the preceding liste [They came] so that according to [the list], they might undertake their roundup of orexana cattle in the same terms cited in the clauses of the agreement celebrated 'on the eighth day of the month of January of the year seventeen hundred eighty-seven, except that all the woods of Galvan are [made] free by the mission of San Antonio Balero. And as regards the mission of Esplritu Santo of the presidio of La Bahla of. this jurisdiction, they will keep to the boundaries indicated in the.agreement celebrated in the month of June last,. of this same year. For its due compliance, they signed it with me and the attesting [witnesses] with whom I act.in the absence of a notary, and on plain paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify===

10 19 Note The Guerras are ass.igned the borders frolr the junction of the Arroyo Arenoso with the C1eto, from here in a straight line to the headw~ters of the [Arroyo de] Alonzo, and from here south to where the arroyo [Alonzo] joins the Cleto further down. # Another. The rancho of the Flores is assigned the borders from the junction of the Arroyo Arenoso and the Cleto to the north, and from here to the headwaters of the Arroyo de Alonzo, and from here in a straight line to La Tetilla of the vineyard [?J of Utemar, and from here in a straight line north to the Arroyo de los Olmos, and from here down the arroyo to where it joins the Cuchi1lo, and from here in a straight line to the west to where //5 v where [sic] Canada Verde jo-ins the [Arroyo del] Clete. Another Those of the rancho of Las Mulas and the Granados can round up their cattle from the headwaters of the [Arroyo del] Carrizo, down the arroyo to 'where it joins the [Arroyo de] los Olmos, and up the Olmos to its source,,and from here [following] the Canada Verde to where it jo~ns the Cleto. In consequence, whereof, they sign~d with me under the terms previously stated above. Raphael MarCtlne]z 'Pacheco Simon de Arocha. ",

11 20 Luis Mariano Menchaca Joach1n Menchaca Mariano Delgado Juachi:n Flores [Rubri'c] Santi,ago Segul:n Juan J[oseJph F[l]ores Jose Melchor Yanze Attesting [witness] Andres de Camporredondo Attesting [witness] //6;..6v [Blank] [D.S., 4v-5v pp., in E. 1/8/1787~7/4/1787]