SUB Hamburg B/119429 JUAN DOMINGUEZ DE MENDOZA SOLDIER AND FRONTIERSMAN OF THE SPANISH SOUTHWEST, 1627 1693 Edited by France V. Scholes Marc Simmons Jose Antonio Esquibel Translated by Eleanor B. Adams CORONADO HISTORICAL SERIES VII UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS ALBUQUERQUE
Contents Illustrations, Maps, Tables, and Charts / xi Foreword / xiii Marc Simmons Preface / xxi France V. Scholes A Question of Forgeries or Reconstructed Documents / xxvii Introduction / i France V. Scholes, Marc Simmons, and]ose Antonio Esquibel PART ONE: MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS OF JUAN DOMINGUEZ DE MENDOZA AND RELATED DOCUMENTS Translations by Eleanor B. Adams DOCUMENT I : Proof of Lineage of Elena de la Cruz, 1625 [Summary] / 69 DOCUMENT 2: Commission as Alferez Real, Santa Fe, October 12, 1643 / 70 DOCUMENT 3: Commission as Captain of Infantry, Santa Fe, December 7, 1644 / 73 DOCUMENT 4: Title of Captain and Commander, Santa Fe, April 14, 1646 / 78 DOCUMENT 5: Appointment as Lieutenant Governor and Captain General, Santa Fe, April 15, 1650 / 81 DOCUMENT 6: Commission as Captain of Cavalry, Santa Fe, November 10, 1652 / 83 DOCUMENT 7: Certification of Services, Santa Fe, January 12, 1653 / 86 DOCUMENT 8: Certification of Services, Santa Fe, September 13, 1653 / 88 DOCUMENT 9: Title of Maestre de Campo, Santa Fe, October 15, 1658 / 90 DOCUMENT 10: Commission as Captain of Mounted Harquebusiers, Santa Fe, August 30, 1659 / 93 DOCUMENT I I : Appointment as Alcalde Mayor of the Jurisdictions of Sandia and Isleta and as Lieutenant Captain General in the Rio Abajo, Santa Fe, November 19, 1659 / 96
vi CONTENTS Document 12: Appointment as Escudero of the Encomienda of Sargento Mayor Francisco Gomez Robledo, Santa Fe, May 7, 1662 / 99 DOCUMENT 13: Title of Lieutenant Captain General and Visitador General, October 6, 1663 / 102 DOCUMENT 14: Decree of Governor Penalosa, Santa Fe, January 7, 1664 / 104 DOCUMENT 15: Appointment as Lieutenant of the Governor and Captain General in the Jurisdictions of the Rio Abajo, Santa Fe, June 25, 1665 / 105 DOCUMENT 16: Appointment as Visitador of the Mission Supply Caravan, Santa Fe, October 16, 1665 / 107 DOCUMENT I 7: Appointment as Visitador of Trading Caravan, Santa Fe, December 16, 1666 / 109 DOCUMENT 18: Appointment as Lieutenant of the Governor and Captain General, Santa Fe, February 10, 1667 / 112 DOCUMENT 19: Edict Concerning a Council of War and Petition for Horses and Provisions for a Campaign against the Apaches, Santa Fe and Santo Domingo, February 18-26, 1668 / 118 DOCUMENT 20: Title of Encomienda, Santa Fe, May i, 1669 / 129 DOCUMENT 21: Documents Concerning Provisions and Livestock Given by the Conventos for an Expedition against the Apaches, June i6-juh/4, 1669 / 132 DOCUMENT 22: Commission as Maestre de Campo in Campaign, Santa Fe, September n, 1670 / 139 DOCUMENT 23: Commission as Sargento Mayor of the Kingdom, Santa Fe, June 27, 1671 / 142 DOCUMENT 24: Commission as Maestre de Campo General of the Kingdom, Santa Fe, July 27, 1671 / 144 DOCUMENT 25: Appointment as Lieutenant of the Governor and Captain General, Santa Fe, August 2, 1671 / 147 DOCUMENT 26: Certification of Services, Santa Fe, January 26, 1672 / 149 DOCUMENT 27: Commission as Alferez Real Granted to Don Baltasar Dominguez de Mendoza. Santa Fe, December 27, 1672 / 151 DOCUMENT 28: Commission as Maestre de Campo in Campaign, San Juan de los Caballeros, July 15, 1673 / 153 DOCUMENT 29: Commission as Captain of Cavalry Granted to Don Baltasar Dominguez de Mendoza, Santa Fe, October 20, 1674 / 156 DOCUMENT 30: Commission as Maestre de Campo in a Campaign against the Faraon Apaches, Pecos, January 5, 1675 / 157
CONTENTS vii DOCUMENT 31: Commission as Military Commander and Chief, Santa Fe, September 24, 1675 / 160 DOCUMENT 32: Commission as Military Commander and Chief, Estancia de San Antonio, July i, 1676 / 163 DOCUMENT 33: Commission as Lieutenant Captain General in Campaign, Santa Fe, July 12, 1678 / 164 DOCUMENT 34: Instructions as Lieutenant Captain General, Santa Fe, July 12, 1678 / 168 DOCUMENT 35: Commission as Lieutenant Captain General in Campaign, Santa Fe, October 28, 1678 / 171 DOCUMENT 36: Instructions as Lieutenant Captain General, Santa Fe, October 28, 1678 / 173 DOCUMENT 37: Title of Encomienda of the Pueblo of Isleta, Santa Fe, November 26, 1678 / 175 DOCUMENT 38: Commission as Maestre de Campo in Campaign, Santa Fe, August 17, 16(79] / 177 DOCUMENT 39: Commission as Lieutenant General of Cavalry, Ancon de Fray Garcia, November 9, 1681 / 179 DOCUMENT 40: Certification of Services, El Paso, October 13, 1683 / 181 DOCUMENT 41: Statement Made by Juan Sabeata before Governor Jironza Petriz de Cruzate, El Paso, October 20, 1683 / 182 DOCUMENT 42: Commission as Commander of the Expedition to Texas, El Paso, November 29, 1683 / 187 DOCUMENT 43: Instruction for the Expedition to Texas, El Paso, November 29, 1683 / 190 DOCUMENT 44: Certification, June 23, 1684 / 193 DOCUMENT 45: Journal of the Expedition to Texas, 1683-1684 / 196 DOCUMENT 46: Certification of Documents Showing the Services of Maestre de Campo Don Juan Dominguez de Mendoza, El Paso, October 3, 1684 / 214 DOCUMENT 47: Certification of the Personal Appearance and Services of Maestre de Campo Don Juan Dominguez de Mendoza and His Two Sons, Don Baltasar and Don Juan, Issued by the Cabildo, Justicia, and Regimiento of the Villa de Santa Fe, El Paso, October 8, 1684 / 221 DOCUMENT 48: Excerpt from a Letter of Governor Domingo Jironza Petriz de Cruzate to the Viceroy, El Paso, August 26, 1685 / 225 DOCUMENT 49: First Memorial of Juan Dominguez de Mendoza to the Viceroy, Mexico City, November 18, 1685 / 227 DOCUMENT 50: Second Memorial of Juan Dominguez de Mendoza [Mexico City], November 18, 1685 / 231
viii CONTENTS DOCUMENT 51: Criminal Case against Maestre de Campo Juan Dominguez de Mendoza and the Others Who Fled with Him, Guadalupe del Paso, September 28-October 6, 1685 / 234 DOCUMENT 52: Attested Copy of a Document Issued by the Cabildo of Santa Fe, October 3, 1684, Certifying the Titles of Offices of Juan Dominguez de Mendoza, Mexico City, April 23-24, 1686 / 248 DOCUMENT 53: Petition of Fray Nicolas Lopez to the Viceroy with the Reply of the Fiscal and Decision of the Junta General, Mexico City, March 26, 1686 / 253 DOCUMENT 54: Copy of the Sentence Pronounced in the Proceedings against Maestre de Campo Juan Dominguez de Mendoza, Mexico City, April 30, 1687 / 258 DOCUMENT 55: Testimony Concerning the Conduct of Juan Dominguez de Mendoza during the Expedition of 1681-1682, [El Paso del Norte], May 19-June 12, 1687 / 260 DOCUMENT 56: Permission for Maestre de Campo Don Juan Dominguez de Mendoza to Bring His Wife and Family from El Paso del Rio del Norte, Mexico City, July 23, 1688, and Presentation of License of Baltasar Dominguez de Mendoza, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe del Paso del Rio del Norte, March 1, 1689 / 267 DOCUMENT 57: Decree of Governor Domingo Jironza Petriz de Cruzate, El Paso, March 1, 1689 / 269 DOCUMENT 58: Information Given by Maestre de Campo Don Juan Dominguez de Mendoza, Mexico City, June 6, 1693 / 270 DOCUMENT 59: License for Maestre de Campo Juan Dominguez de Mendoza to Go to Spain, Mexico City, June 12, 1693 / 273 DOCUMENT 60: Resume of Papers Presented by Baltasar Dominguez de Mendoza, Madrid, August 19, 1694 / 27s DOCUMENT 61: Report of the Council of the Indies Concerning Petitions Made by Baltasar Dominguez de Mendoza, Madrid, October 1, 1694 / 277 DOCUMENT 62: Petition of Baltasar Dominguez de Mendoza to the Crown Asking for the Corregimiento of Tlajomulco and Caxititlan, [Madrid, November] 1694 / 279 DOCUMENT 63: Petition of Baltasar Dominguez de Mendoza Asking for Admission to One of the Military Orders, [Madrid], March 1695 / 281
CONTENTS ix DOCUMENT 64: Royal Cedula to the Viceroy of New Spain Recommending Don Baltasar Dominguez de Mendoza, Madrid, April 21, 1695 / 2 &4 DOCUMENT 65: Papers Concerning the Return of Baltasar Dominguez de Mendoza to New Spain, May 26-July 8, 1695 [Summary] / 285 DOCUMENT 66: License Granted to Baltasar Dominguez de Mendoza to Travel in the Fleet of General Don Ignacio de Barrios Leal, July 8, 1695, Cadiz / 285 DOCUMENT 67: Certification of Services of Don Juan Dominguez de Mendoza, the Younger, Santa Fe, September 18, 1701 / 286 PART TWO: SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTS Translations by France V. Scholes, Eleanor B. Adams, and Jose Antonio Esquibel SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT I : The State of the Conversions, Churches and Conventos of the Custodia de San Pablo in New Mexico in the Matter of Granting Forty Friars, Circa 1641 / 291 SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT 2: List of Administrators of Justice and War during the Tenure of Governor Don Bernardo Lopez de Mendizabal, Santa Fe, 1659-1661 / 296 SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT 3: List of Papers of Merits and Services of New Mexico Vecinos, Santa Fe, July 11, 1662 / 297 SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT 4: Merits and Services of Don Diego de Guadalajara Bernardo de Quiros, Lieutenant Governor of Nueva Vizcaya, Madrid, January 4, 1664 / 301 SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT 5: Certification of the Number of Friars Serving in the Conventos of the Custody of New Mexico, Mexico City, December 6, 1667 / 304 SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT 6: Account of the Services of Don Fernando de Villanueva, Governor and Captain General of the Provinces of New Mexico by Appointment of the Marques de Mancera, Viceroy of New Spain, October 30, 1671 / 310 SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT 7: Letter of the Viceroy to the King Regarding Aid to New Mexico to Quell the Invasion of the Apache Nation, Mexico City, January 13, 1678 / 315 SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT 8: Excerpt from a Petition of Fray Nicolas Lopez to the Viceroy, Mexico City, June 7, 1685 / 317 SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT 9: Letter of Fray Nicolas Lopez to the Secretary of the Council of the Indies, Don Antonio Ortiz de Otalora, Mexico City, April 24, 1686 / 321
CONTENTS SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT IO: Memorial of Fray Nicolas Lopez to His Majesty, Mexico City, April 24, 1686 / 323 SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT I I: Account of the Services of Don Domingo Jironza Petriz de Cruzate, Former Governor and Captain General of the Provinces of New Mexico, January 12, 1693 / 332 PART THREE: IN SERVICE TO THE SPANISH CROWN: THE FAMILY OF DOMINGUEZ DE MENDOZA Jose Antonio Esquibel Background / 347 Paternal and Maternal Ancestry of the Dominguez de Mendoza Clan / 348 The Dominguez de Mendoza Family in New Spain / 355 The Dominguez de Mendoza Family in New Mexico / 356 Juan Dominguez de Mendoza and Dofia Isabel de Chaves y Bohorquez / 360 Francisco Dominguez de Mendoza and Juana de Rueda / 365 Tome Dominguez de Mendoza and Dofia Catalina Lopez Mederos / 371 Dona Damiana Ramirez de Mendoza and Alvaro de Paredes / 378 Dona Leonor Ramirez de Mendoza and Cristobal de Anaya Almazan / 380 Dona Elena Dominguez de Mendoza and Don Pedro II Duran y Chaves / 388 Jose Dominguez de Mendoza and Juana Dominguez / 393 Epilogue / 395 WORKS CITED 417 INDEX 431