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Year. . . . . . . , of . . . . . . . 1780

Proceedings conducted upon the killing perpetrated by the

Comanche Indians against Phelipe de Luna, resident of this

Presidio of [San Antonio de] Bexar; valuation of his prop-

erty; and delivery of the remainder of it to Jose Man[ue]l

Peres Casanoba, attorney to his heirs

No. 48

[Added in English:]

Upon the death of Felipe

Luna by the Comanches,

disposition of his property, &c.

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.Auto At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar

and Town of S[ a] n Fernando, on the fifth day of

the month of November, in the year seventeen hundred eighty,

I. Don Domingo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Gover-

nor and Commander of Arms of the Province of Los Texas, its

Missions,Conquests and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry

Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar,

[and] Inspector General of the Militia Corps and Presidial

Troops of the said Province by Commission Conferred by the

Lord Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of this

Kingdom of New Spain, do state the following: I was informed

by,means of a note sent to me by the Most Reverend Father

Fray Pedro Ramires, president of the missions in this

province, that just outside [the Mission] of S[a]n Jose,

where he resides, the Comanche Indians had killed Felipe de

Luna, an inhabitant of this presidio for many years. While

coming from the Mission of S[a]n Juan yesterday afternoon

around four o'clock, he was ambushed and°attacked by the

said Indians. Some people from his mission were sent out,

having been surprised by the noise of a gunshot. Theylv

discovered // the corpse of the afore-mentioned Felipe

de Luna, his body pierced by a gunshot. [Ramirez] decided

to pick up the afore-mentioned corpse, which he buried at

the church of his mission this morning. All this he told

me for my information. The unfortunate event was confirmed

by Jose Nicolas de Carabajal, who had been at the,Mission

of San Juan with the said Luna. They had planned to return

together, but since the said Carabajal had been detained,

the above-mentioned Luna came back alone to the Mission of

San Jose, and en route [the Indians] killed him, taking his

scalp, a loaded musket and the ammunition for it. In addi-

tion [they took] a mule he was riding, which belonged to

Jose Ant[oni]o Baquera, a private in the tropa ligera of

the cavalry company of this the aforenamed presidio. I

noticed that the afore-mentioned deceased Felipe de Luna

had a number of bovine cattle near those"of the Ranch of

La Mora, in a place called the Arroyo of La Mora, where he2

[also] had a small sod house // in which he was living. And

at^_the Ranch of Las Cabras he had a few equine animals, all

of which belonged to him. And there may be some furniture

in the said sod house which ought to be collected. [This

should be done] in order to form the appropriate inventories

of it--since he died intestate-->so as to formalize this cause

and prepare it to be sent to the Lord Commandant General

of the Interior Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain, who

is the judge having the prerogative [to determine cases]

in that court, so that he may ascertain the said deceased

[Luna]'s next of kin and appropriate to him the remainder

of his properties. In view thereof I do command--as I must

command--that a discreet; message be sent to the Most Reverend

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Father President of these Missions [asking] that he please

send to this court a certificate as proof and evidence of

the untimely death of Felipe de Luna and of the fact that

he was given a tomb at the Mission of Senor S[a]n Jose,

so as to add these important proceedings to the autos of

this cause. As for the news of the afore-noted properties

which I find to have been owned by the above-cited decedent,

I appoint Marcos Zepeda, resident of this Town of S[a]n2v . ,

Fernando, to go to the // ranches of La Mora and Las

Cabras to take the bovine and equine livestock found there

belonging to the said deceased with all other properties

known to belong to him. For all this I confer sufficient

authority and as much as is required by law to administer

the said commission. To this end the instructions necessary

to carry out this charge will be given as appropriate,

and when this is done, the formation of inventories will

proceed, for evidence of the goods belonging to the said

deceased. Thus I have provided, ordered, and signed, before

the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a

notary, doing so on,this plain paper, as there is none

stamped. This I certify.

Dom[ing]o Cabello[Rubric]

^cross]Josef Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo

[Rubric] [Rubric]attendant witness attendant witness

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[cross)

3 or// . Fray Pedro Ramirez de la Santa y Arellano, Apostolic Pre

m[inist1ro of the Mission of Senor S[a]n J[ose]ph de Balero

and President of the Missions of Tejas, &c.

I certify that on Saturday,; the fourth of November of

the present year, at half past two o'clock in the afternoon,

within sight of the mission and approximately three hundred

paces from it, four Comanche Indian men and an Indian woman

of the same nation treacherously murdered Phelipe de Luna,

a resident of the Town of S[an] Fernando de Bejar, and that

his body was entombed at the church of this mission; as

appropriate evidence whereof I give this [certification],

upon the request of the Lord Governor of this province, at

the above-said Mission of Senor S[a]n J[ose]ph, on the

seventh day of the month of November, in the year seventeen

hundred eighty.

Fr[ay] Pedro Ramirez[Rubric]

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4// Senor Don

Marcos Zepeda

I have selected Your Grace as the one who, in the

recovery to_be made in the environs of this town and

presidio [of properties] which are to proceed to [Luna's]

heirs, is to be in charge of rounding up and branding any

cattle belonging to Felis Menchaca, as well as those from

the oreiano [herd] which belong to him as [cattle] raiser.

I thus have decided to commission Your Grace, and do

commission you, to round up bovine and equine livestock

belonging to the deceased Felipe de Luna. And thus Your

Grace shall round up and take charge of every head [of

livestock] which the said deceased has gathered at the

Ranch of La Mora, at a place called the Arroyo of La4v

Mora:, // and shall receive them on account in the greatest

[possible] detail.

At the same time Your Grace shall make the most stren-

uous attempt to learn the location of several small pieces

of furniture, including a box which the said deceased had,

in which he kept a few reales and some clothing, all of

which you shall take and bring to this presidio.

I am also aware that at the Ranch of Las Cabras the

deceased left some riding beasts, which Your Grace shall

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take and unite with`the bovine cattle, since you are to

form one body of all the belongings of the said deceased.

[This is to be done] so that upon Your Gracets return from

the said assignment I may proceed to make inventories [of

the properties], since [Luna] died intestate and since I

must give an account to the Lord Commandant General, who

is the judge having the prerogative [to determine cases]

in the said tribunal.

Assuming that the deceased Felipe de Luna's cattle are

quite meager, as I am informed, //5 then Your Grace may use

those rounded up which belong to Felis Menchaca, as a basis

for joining them thereto. Thus the latter may mingle with

the former and it will be possible to bring them to this

presidio without suffering the slightest injury or any loss.

For the work incumbent upon Your Grace in this assign-

ment you will be paid an equitable salary. So that Your

Grace will be sufficiently authorised to complete every-

thing necessary and appropriate to the two charges, I

confer on Your Grace sufficient faculty to the extent

required by law, that you may take charge of [the assign-

ments], and that you may be given the assistance necessary

for total fulfillment.

If Your Grace should encounter any difficulties in

the execution of these tasks, Your Grace shall inform me

of them, so that I may provide what is necessary, since it

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is impossible in [issuing] these instructions to be aware

of W everything which might arise relative to the said

assignments.

God keep Your Grace many years. S[a]n Ant[oni]o de

Bexar, November 10, 1780.'

Dom[ing]o Cabello[Rubric]

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Senor Colonel and Governor

Don Domingo Cabello:

Sir:

In compliance with the order and commission which

Your Lordship in your piety and greatness has deigned to

confer upon my helpless person--to which [order] I have

given due obedience--I went forth to do that which Your

Lordship states in the present commission. I, on my part,6

took all such measures // as seemed conducive to this

matter, for which purpose I attended cattle separations at

[the ranches of] San Fran[cis]co, [La] Mora, S[a]n Bartholo,

and Las Mulas on the twenty-seventh day of November, accom-

panied by a boy earning four reales a day, who as of today has

worked twenty-eight days, thus earning fourteen pesos and

the product of the deceased Phelipe's cattle. There were

fifty-one head, counting small and large ones, and one

horse. Subtracting from these the two given for the tithe,

two to Private Juan Casanoba, one to a resident, Manuel

Galban, another cow with her calf to Prudensio Barron, and

one which died of the fully justifiable [causes] given,

there remain a liquid number of forty-three head under my

care at the present time. As for my own fee, it remains

at Your Lordship's disposal [to determine it]. San

Ant[oni]o de Bejar, December 28, 1780.'

Marcos de Zespeda

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.Decree I have seen that which was stated by Don Marcos

de Zepeda in the proceedings aforegoing, as

appointee to collect the goods of the intestate Felipe de

Luna', with a resulting liquid remainder of forty-three head6v

of bovines, of all types and ages, and one horse. And

whereas it is essential to valuate them in order to conduct

the other proceedings to bring this cause to its proper

status, I name for this purpose'Juan de Arocha and Bartholome

Seguin, persons of altogether good reputation and knowledge

in this matter, who are to valuate forty-three bovine head

and one horse found to be among properties of the intestate

Felipe de Luna. Under a religious oath they shall state

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according to their understanding and legal knowledge the

value of each head with respect to its condition. There-

upon other things necessary shall be proceeded with. Thus

it is provided, ordered, and signed by me, Don Domingo

Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commander

of Arms of the Province of Los Texas, its Missions, Con-

quests, and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of

the Royal Presidio of San Ant[oni]o de Be`jar, [and] Inspec-

tor General of the Militia Corps and Presidial Troops of

the said Province by Commission Conferred by the Lord

Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of this King-7

dom of New Spain; at this // Royal Presidio of San Ant[oni]o

de Bejar, on the twenty-eighth day of the month of December;

in the year seventeen hundred eighty, before the attendant

witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a notary,

doing so on this plain paper, as there is none stamped.

This I certify.

Cabello[Rubric]

^cross]Josef Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo

[Rubric] [Rubric]attendant witness attendant witness

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Auto ofAt the Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar,Valuation

on the twenty-ninth day of the month of Decem-

ber, in the year seventeen hundred eighty, I. Don Domingo

Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commander

of Arms of the Province of Los Texas, its Missions, Con-

quests and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of the

Royal Presidio of San Ant[oni]o de Bexar, [and] Inspector

General of the Militia Corps and Presidial Troops of the

said Province by Commission Conferred by the Lord Comman-7v

dant General of the // . Interior Provinces of this Kingdom

of New Spain, [do state the following:] For the effect

ordered in the aforegoing decree I did cause to appear in

my presence Juan de Arocha and Bartholome Seguin, residents

of this Town of S[a]n Fern[an]do and Presidio of S[a]n

Ant[oni]o de Bexar. Having made known to them the above-

mentioned decree aforegoing, I received their oath before

the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a

notary. They made it in [the name of] God Our Lord and with

a sign of His Holy Cross in [due] legal form, saying "I

swear" and "Amen". When they had been shown the forty-

three head of bovine cattle of all ages and conditions and

one horse, [all of them] being the property of the intestate

Felipe de Luna, they stated unanimously and in agreement

that, according to their legal knowledge and understanding,

[the livestock] were, by their ages and conditions, of the

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value at which they appraised them, in the terms and manner

following:

Pesos Reales

Breeding cows, at four pesos17 076 ^^ ^+„

and four reales each, totalling ....

Cows, two years old, at two06 012 r, 0 ff

pesos each .. ....................... ,

23 Total .................. 088 ► t 41 ►

Pesos Reales

23 Brought forward . . . . . . . . 088 1a 411

07

02

03

06

02

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Cows one year old,007 n O rl

at one peso each . ..................

Bulls, three years old, at00 4 ►► t} „

two pesos and two reales each ......

Young bovines three years old, at010 cj 411

three pesos and four reales each ...

Yearling calves at005.tt 2 ►r

seven reales each .... ..............

Bullocks two years old003 ►^ O u

at one peso and four reales each ...

For one old horse .................. 003„ 0„

Grand Total ............ 121„ 6„

In consequence thereof, the said cattle being of good

quality and acceptable, [the two appraisers] agree on their

valuation in the aforesaid terms, as proof whereof they

have affixed their signatures with me, before the attendant

witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing8v

so on this plain paper, as there is none stamped.

This I certify.

Dom[ing]o Cabello[Rubric]

Juan de Arocha Barttolome Seguln[Rubric] [Rubric]

[cross]Josef Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo

[Rubric] [Rubric]attendant witness attendant witness

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Auto At the Royal Presidio of San Ant[oni]o de Bexar,

on the thirtieth day of the month of December,

in the year seventeen hundred eighty, I, Don Domingo Cabello,

Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commander of Arms

of the Province of Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and

Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of the Royal

Presidio of San Ant[oni]o de Bexar, and Inspector General

of the Militia Corps and Presidial Troops of the said

Province by Commission Conferred by the Lord Commandant9

General of the // Interior Provinces of this Kingdom of

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New Spain, [do state the following:] I have seen and

reviewed the aforegoing valuation, realizing.that it has

been made with respect to the estimate placed on bovine

and equine livestock in this province. I have considered

the great cost of grazing them and how likely they are to

start stampedes and to be killed or captured by the Comanche

Indians, who at the present time are committing such hos-

tilities even within...,the,imne.dia.te environs of this presidio.

In such incidents [the cattle] might easily be lost and

these treacheries would redound.to the grave detriment of

the meager funds of the late intestate Felipe de Luna. In

such a case no one could benefit from the remainder of his

goods after payment of the obligations and charges for

which they are liable. It is advised in several of the

royal laws of the municipalities of these kingdoms that,

in case a similar loss of goods is foreseen, the judge

hearing the case is to proceed with the auctiom°and sale9v

thereof, to secure for the remainder its safekeeping, //

and to apply it to appropriate ends. Thus, as a consequence

of the risk, hazard, expense, and lesser things to which

the appraised cattle are exposed, and because no one has

declared himself a legitimate heir to the above^named

deceased so that these goods might be appropriated to him,

I must command and therefore do command [the following:]

Public notices shall be given for a period of nine days,

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during which there shall be three-netleee nine notices as

advised in the royal laws. This shall be done beginning

tomorrow, even though it is a feria and the holidays have

begun. But since this cause is pious, it is to be continued,

especially since it is influenced by the imminent risk occa-

sioned by the frequent hostilities committed by the Comanche

Indians, who may kill the said livestock or steal them

away from the place where they are grazing and being cared

for. In these necessitating circumstances the afore-

mentioned notices shall be begun tomorrow, the thirty-first10

of [the month] just ending, // until [the properties]

are sold to the highest bidder and their sale is completed

along with the other matters to be practised for the final

disposition of this cause. Thus I do provide, order, and

affix my signature, before the attendant witnesses with whom

I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain

paper,(as there is none stamped. This I certify.

Dom[ ing] o Cabello[Rubric]

Vross]Josef Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dfas del Castillo

[Rubric] [Rubric]attendant witness attendant witness

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lst Notice At the Royal Presidio of S[a]'n Ant[oni]o de

Bexar, on the thirty-first day of the month

of December, in the year seventeen hundred eighty, before

me, the aforenamed governor, and the attendant witnesses

with whom I act in the absence of a notary, Cayetano de

Soto, who acts as crier at this presidio for the publication

of bandos and other [matters] arising, came forth and appearedlOv

at the portal of my // . lodging to give the first notice

in the presence of many people gathered there. He announced

in a loud and clear voice.that one hundred twenty-one pesos

and six reales was the appraised value of the forty-three

head of cattle of all ages and conditions and one horse

which were the property of the deceased Felipe de Luna,

and that whoever wished to bid on them might appear before

the Lord Governor and Commander of Arms of this Province,

who would receive [bids] and sell to the highest bidder.

One notice was given at eleven o'clock in the morning,

another at half past eleven, and another at exactly twelve,

as evidence whereof I place this in the proceedings and

affix my signature with the attendant witnesses with whom

I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this. plain

paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify.

Dom[ing]o Cabello[Rubric]

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[cross]Jose Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo

[Rubric] [Rubric]attendant witness attendant witness

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112nd Notice- At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Antonio de

Bexar, on the fourth day of the month of

January, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-one, before

me, the aforenamed governor, and the attendant witnesses

with whom I act in the absence of a notary, Cayetano de

Soto, who acts as crier at this presidio for the publication

of bandos and other [matters] arising, came forth and

appeared at the portal of my lodging to give the second

notice in the presence of many people gathered there. He

announced in a loud and clear voice that one hundred twenty-

one pesos and six reales was the appraised value of the

forty-three head of cattle of all ages and conditions and

one horse which were the property of the deceased Felipe

de Luna, and that whoever wished to bid on them might

appear before the Lord Governor and Commander of Arms of

this Province, who would receive [bids] and sell to the

highest bidder. One notice was given at eleven o'clock in

the morning, another at half past eleven, and another at

exactly twelve, as evidence whereof I place this in the

proceedings and affix my signature with the attendantllv

witnesses with whom I act // in the absence of a notary,

doing so on this plain paper, as there is none stamped.

This I certify.

Dom[ ing] o Cabello. I [Rubric]

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Decree I was today informed by Jose Justo Montoya, who

is caring for the deceased intestate Felipe de

Luna's cattle and one horse,"that at daybreak one of the

six yearling calves included in the said livestock was

found dead from cold at the corral to which they were

brought at night. I sent a man with my full confidence to

investigate, and the carcass was brought to me to verify

its demise. Therefore let its value of seven reales be

deducted from the principal amount and subtracted from the

one hundred twenty=one pesos and six reales which is the

total sum, whereupon one hundred twenty pesos and seven

reales will be.the total value of the forty-two animals12

presently remaining. Thus in the final notice to

be made before disposal of thb said goods, it shall be

stated that there are only forty-two head to be disposed

of, that the value thereof amounts to the afore-mentioned

one hundred twenty pesos and seven rea-les, and that the loss

of this animal and the subtraction of its worth of seven

reales are justifiable. Thus it is provided, ordered,

and signed by me, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in the

Royal Armies, Governor and Commander of Arms of the Province

of Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests and Frontiers, Captain

of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n

Ant[oni]o de Bexar, and Inspector General of the Militia

Corps and Presidial Troops of the said Province by Commis-

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sion Conferred by the Lord Commandant General of the Interior

Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain, at this Presidio

of S[a]n A.nt[oni]o de Bexar, on the seventh day of the

month of January, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-one,

before the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence

of a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as there is none

stamped. This I certify.

Cabello[Rubric]

Vross]Josef Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo

[Rubric] [Rubric]attendant witness . attendant witness

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l2v// 3rd Notice At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o

and Salede Bexar and Town of S[a]n Fernando, on the

eighth day of the month of January, in the year seventeen

hundred eighty-one, before me, the afoienamed governor,

and the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence

of a notary, Cayetano de Soto, who acts as crier at this

presidio for the publication of bandos and other [matters]

arising, came forth and appeared at the portal of my lodging

to give the third'and final notice of sale in the presence

of many people gathered there. At eleven o'clock on the

said day he announced in a loud and clear voice that one

hundred twenty pesos and seven reales was^the appraised

value of the forty-two head of cattle of all ages and

conditions and one horse which were the property of the

deceased Felipe de Luna, who died intestate, and that

whoever wished to bid on them might appear before the

Lord Governor and Commander of Arms of this Province, who

would receive bids and sell to the highest bidder. The

said notice was repeated at half past eleven on the same

day. When the final notice was about to be made at exactly

twelve o'clock, Don Blas de Ecay y Musquis, an inhabitant

of the Valley of S[an]ta Rosa residing at this presidio,

came forth and said that he would bid on the said property

the amount at which it was appraised. When the said bid

had been made, the final notice was consequently proceeded

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with. And when no higher bidder appeared, //13

[the

livestock] was sold, [the auctioneer] saying, "[Going]

once, [going] °twice, [going] thrice. May it serve you

well." With these.events the final sale of the forty-

two head of bovines and one horse was concluded at one

hundred twenty pesos and seven reales, in agreement with

[the appraisal] evidenced in the decree aforegoing. [They

were sold] to the afore-mentioned Don Blas de Ecay y

Musquis on the terms remarked upon. By virtue thereof

delivery of the said forty-two head [of cattle] and one

horse shall be made tomorrow, the ninth of the present

month, at which time [de Ecay] shall tender one hundred

twenty pesos and seven reales, the amount at which [the

sale] was concluded. He signed this bid with me and the

attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a

notary, doing so on this plain paper as there is none stamped.

This I certify.

Dom[ing]o Cabello Blas Maria de Ecai y Muzquiz[Rubric] [Rubric]

^cross]Josef Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dfas del Castillo

[Rubric] [Rubric]attendant witness attendant witness

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Instrument of At the Royal Presidio of San Ant[oni]oConveyance

de Bexar and Town of San Fernando, on

the ninth day of the month of January, in the year seventeenl3v

hundred eighty-one, I. Don // Domingo Cabello Cabello

[sic , Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commander

of Arms of the Province of Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests,

and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of the Royal

Presidio of San Ant[oni]o de Bexar, [and] Inspector General

of the Militia Corps and Presidial Troops of the said Province

by Commission Conferred bythe Lord Commandant General of

the Interior Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain, [do

state the following:] When Don Blas de Ecay y Musquiz,

inhabitant of the Valley of Santa Rosa and resident at this

presidio, was present, there were delivered to him the

seventeen breeding cows, six cows two years old, seven cows

one year old, two bulls three years old, three young bovines

three years old, five yearling calves, and two bullocks

two years old--all together comprising forty-two head--and

also one horse. [They were delivered] on the same terms

[as those] of the preceding auction sale concluded yesterday.

They were considered delivered and received to [de Ecay's]

complete satisfaction. In consequence thereof he tendered

the one hundred twenty pesos and six reales, which was

their worth, in ready cash, and I, the afore-named governor,14

consider the said amount tendered and received. // [This

was done] in order to proceed therewith, according to law,

to the payment of costs incurred in keeping the said cattle

and other items which it shall be stated are to be paid out

of the said resources, until there appear some legitimate

claimant to whom [the money] belongs. Until such time it

shall be placed on deposit as provided by the royal munic-

ipal laws of these kingdoms. As evidence thereof [this]

was signed by the afore-said Don Blas de Ecay y Musquiz,

with me and the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the

absence of a notary, doing so on thisplain paper, as there

is none stamped. This I certify.

Dom[ing]o Cabello Blas Maria de Ecay y Muzquiz[Rubric] [Rubric]

^cross]Josef Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dfas del Castillo

[Rubric] [Rubric]attendant witness attendant witness

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Decree Whereas Don.Blas Maria de Ecay y Musquis has

paid the one hundred twenty pesos and six14v

reales which is the value of the cattle and horse //

sold at auction, which had been part of these resources

[sic ; and whereas Don Marcos de Zepeda is to be reimbursed

for the salaries he paid in the rounding up and driving of

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this livestock with that of the boy Jose Justo Montoya,

who was grazing them and caring for them; let the said Don

Marcos de Zepeda be notified by one of the attendant wit-

nesses with whom I act, that he is to present the sworn

account of the amount of the said salaries and add it to

these proceedings for such ends as may be proper. Thus

it is provided, ordered, and signed by me, Don Domingo

Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commander

of Arms of the Province of Los Texas, its Missions, Con-

quests, and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of

the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar, [and]

Inspector General of the Militia Corps and Presidial

Troops of the said,Province by Commission Conferred by the

Lord Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of this15

Kingdom of New Spain, // at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n

Ant[oni]o de Bexar, on the eleventh day of the month of

January, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-one, before

the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of

a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as there is none

stamped. This I certify.

Cabello[Rubric]

^cross]Josef Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo

[Rubric] [Rubric]attendant witness attendant witness

[D.S., 14-15 PP., in E. 11/5/1780-9/22/1783]

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Notification At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Antonio de

Bexar, on the twelfth day of the month of

January, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-one, I. Don

Pedro Dias del Castillo, one of the attendant witnesses

with whom the Lord Governor and Commander of Arms of this

Province acts, in order to give compliance to the decree

aforegoing, did notify Don Marcos Zepeda.of the content15v

thereof; in consequence whereof, being informed of //

what he is ordered [to do], he stated that in obedience to

[the order] he would form the account of the [payment of]

salaries which he and one boy incurred in the rounding up

and keeping of the said livestock. This [statement] he

signed with me, as evidence whereof I place it in the

proceedings.

Pedro Dias del Castillo Marcos de Zepeda[Rubric] [Rubric]

[A.D.S., 15-15v pp., in E. 11/5/1780-9/22/1783]

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16// [cross]

Legal account, presented by me, Don Marcos de Sepeda, of

the salaries paid out by me and the person with whom I

went to round up bovine cattle and one horse on the pastures

of the Ranch of La Mora, which [livestock] belonged to the

deceased Phelipe de Luna. [The salaries are] those occa-d

sioned in keeping [the livestock] until delivery. They

are in the form and manner following:

Pesos Reales

For my own salary from November 27, 1780,

until December 28 of the said year, at

the rate of one peso each day for the

first ten days, since I did [during those

days] more work going over the pastures

of the said [Ranch of La] Mora to round

up and gather together the said cattle,

and at five reales a day for the [other]

21 days, totalling thirteen pesos and

one real [for the 21 days], the two sums

amounting to 23 pesos and 1 real, as I

show in the margin ...................... 0023„ 1

Fo'r the twenty-seven days which Justo

Montoya worked in the roundup and care

of the said livestock at four reales

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a day, totalling ........................ 00131,

Total, barring error, thirty-six pesos,

five real e s . . . . . . . . . 0000,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 03 6 1r

4

5

Inasmuch as the total sum of the expenses paid out as

salaries for myself and the boy who was employed, as I

have stated, in the roundup and keeping of the said cattle

amounts to thirty-six pesos and five reales, and because

it is true, I swear to [its truth] by this sign of the

Holy + [ sic as provided by law; as evidence"whereof

I sign [this] at this Royal Presidio of S[a]ri Ant[oni]o

de Bexar, on the twentieth of January, in the year seventeen

hundred eighty-one.

Marcos de Zepeda[Rubric]

[D.S., 16 p., in E. 11/5/1780-9/22/1783]

Record of I have seen and examined the aforegoingCompliance 16v

account presented // by Don Marcos

Zepeda, corresponding to the costs incurred in the roundup

and keeping of the bovine cattle which belonged to the

deceased Phelipe de Luna. The said account is [made] with

its due legality and formality. Since Don Marcos Zepeda

was present, the thirty-six pesos and five reales which is

the amount [of the salaries] was delivered to him, he

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received it, and it was considered delivered-to his entire

satisfaction. As proof thereof he signed [this] with me,

the above-said governor, before the attendant witnesses with

whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this

plain paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify.

Dom[ing)o Cabello Marcos de Zepeda[Rubric] [Rubric)

^cross]Josef Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo

[Rubric]. [Rubric]attendant witness attendant witness

[D.S., 16-16v pp., in E. 11/5/1780-9/22/1783]

Decree Whereas the thirty-six pesos and five reales in

expenses incurred in the roundup and keeping of

the bovine cattle of the deceased Felipe de Luna has been

paid, as is more extensively evidenced in the proceedings17

aforegoing, let // Jose Antonio Baquera, private in the

liZera troops of the cavalry company of this royal presidio,

be paid the twelve pesos which is the value of the mule

which Felipe de Luna was riding when [the Comanches] killed

him. [This is to be done] in view of ample evidence that

[the mule] was that of the aforenamed soldier, who has been.

without [a mule] all this time, [which circumstances have]

made him delinquent in the performance of his duties. Thisl

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amount shall be delivered to Don Bernardo Fernandez, lieu-

tenant of the said company, who, being in charge of the

abilitacion thereof, is to buy [a mule] and deliver it to

the said soldier. He shall place a receipt for it at the

end of this decree. Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed

by me, Don Domingo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies,

Governor and Commander of Arms of the Province of Los

Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of

the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of San Antonio de

Baxar, [and] Inspector General of the Militia Corps and

Presidial Troops of the said Province by Commission Conferred

by the Lord Commandant General of the Interior Provinces17v

of this Kingdom of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio of

San Ant[oni]o de Bexar, on the twenty-second day of the

month of January^ in the year seventeen hundred eighty-one,

before the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence

of a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as there is none

stamped. This I certify.

Cabello[Rubric]

^cross]Josef Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo

[Rubric] [Rubric]attendant witness attendant witness

[D.S., 16v-17v pp., in E. 11/5/1780-9/22/17831

Receipt I. Don Bernardo Fernan[de]s, paymaster of the

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cavalry company of this Presidio of S[a]n Antonio de Bexar,

do state that as a consequence of the decree aforegoing I

have received from the Lord Governor of this Province,

twelve pesos with which to purchase for Jose Antonio Baquera,18

private in the liera troops of the said company, a mule //

to replace the one which the Comanche Indians took from

Felipe de Luna when they killed him,.since it belonged to

the said Baquera; as evidence whereof I have affixed-my

signature at this Presidio of [San Antonio de] Bexar, on

the twenty-third day of the month of January, in the year

seventeen hundred eighty-one.

[The amount received] Bern[ar]do Fern[ande]z[Rubric]

is 12 pesos.

[D.S., 17v-18 pp., in E. 11/5/1780-9/22/1783]

Auto At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de

Bexar and Town of S[a]n Fern[an]do, on the twenty-

sixth day of the month of January, in the year seventeen

hundred eighty-one, I; Don Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in the

Royal Armies, Governor and Commander of Arms of the Prov-

ince of Lo[s] Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers,

Captain of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of

S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar, and Inspector General of the

Militia Corps and Presidial Troops of the said Province by

Commission Conferred by the Lord Commandant General of thel8v

Interior Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain, // do

state [the following:] The twelve pesos for the mule which

belonged to Jose Ant[oni]o Baquera, private of the liaera

troops of this company, has been paid out of the resources

of the deceased Felipe de Luna, since it was [Baquera's

mule] that [de Luna] was riding at the time the Comanches

killed him and took it away, plundering all he had. After

payment of the thirty-six pesos and five reales in expenses

borne in the roundup and keeping of the livestock found to

belong to the deceased, wh3.ch [livestock] was sold at public

auction for the reasons stated, for the sum of one hundred

twenty-one pesos and six reales, the liquid assets remaining

in favor of the said deceased is seventy-three pesos and

one real. Subtracting from that the eighteen reales paid to

the crier Cayetano de Soto for the nine announcements which

he made, the liquid remainder which legitimately belongs to

[de Luna] is seventy pesos and seven reales. [This amount]-

is ready to be deposited as provided by the royal municipal19

laws.of // these kingdoms. For it is not known whether

the said Felipe de Luna had any heir apparent who might

be cited to receive,the.remainder of these resources.

Santos de Luna has appeared, claiming to be the brother of

the afore-mentioned Felipe de Luna and proving that he

has other [sic siblings entitled to the said estate. But

?+9

it was learned at the same time that the said Felipe de

Luna's mother, who is called Maria Josefa de la Cerda, is

still alive and residing in the Town of S[a]n Fernando de

Austria, in the Province of Cohahuila. And [there is] also

a brother named.Fran[cis]co de Luna and a sister named

Fran[cis]ca de Luna.. Thus the action of the above-mentioned

Santos de Luna corroborates the malice and audacity with

which he has proceeded with the intention of gaining the

properties of his deceased brother. For the heir apparent

is.not he, but Maria Josefa de la Cerda, [who is] presently

living, [and is] the mother of all the forementioned. I

therefore must command and do command that a citation be

issued• for the. afore-mentioned Maria Josefa de la Cerda,19v

that.she may prove herself // to be the legitimate mother

of:the above-named deceased intestate Felipe de,Luna, so

that on the basis of that [statement] and its authority,the

remainder of the afore-mentioned goods may be delivered to

her and the deposit thereof may be postponed until it is

seen what is stated on the proceedings presented, in order

to proceed in accordance therewith to that which is pro-

vided by law. Thus I have provided, ordered, and affixed

my signature, before the attendant witnesses with whom I

act in the'absence of a notar.y, doing so on this plain paper

as there is none stamped. This.I certify.

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Dom[ing]o Cabello[Rubric]

O

Pedro-Dias del Castillo[Rubric]

attendant witness

[D.S., 18-19v pp., in E. 11/5 /1780-9/22/1783]

Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o

de Bexar, February 19, 1781

Record On this date an advisory letter was sent by the

monthly mail to Maria Josefade la Cerda, mother20

and sole heir of the deceased Phelipe de Luna, citing

her [and stating] that she or her.attorney is to appear to

represent her right-to receive the remainder of the money

of the said deceased; as evidence whereof I place this in

the proceedings and certify it.

Cabello[ Rubric]

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21// [cross]

In the Town of S[a]n Fernando de Austria, on the

twenty-fourth day of the month.of July, in the year seven-

teen hundred eighty-three, before.me, Don Blas Martin Nieto,

deputy to the justicia maior of [the town] and its district,

Francisca, Santos, and Fran[cis]co de Luna, all residents

of this town afore-mentioned „ did appear in person and on

their own behalf. They stated that they were giving and

did give aEl1_power of attorney--full, ample, sufficient,

and as much as is required by law, whatever its value can

and ought to be--to Jose Man[ue]l_Peres Casanoba, <resident

of.the Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Vexar, [stating]

that in the name of all three and re`presenting their own

persons, rights,.and actions, both real and personal, he

might enter into_ the possession, administration,.and direc-

tion of any and all properties, both fixed and movable,

which are recognized as being the belongings of the deceased

Phelipe de Luna (whose legitimate authorising heirs they

are, being his siblings) at the afore-mentioned Presidio of

S[a]n Antonio de Vexar. [Peres Casanova] is to gather all

cattle, horses, and other [property] having [de Luna.'s]

brand, keeping [the matter] in his own confidence and

[being] at the disposal of Santos de Luna, [who is] one of

the clients with whom he must necessarily have correspondence

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in cases and matters pertaining to this subject. For the

afore-mentioned attorney is he who can appear and in effect21v

is to appear before the Lord Governor of the,Province

of Texas, Don Domingo Cavello, and to receive from His

Lordship the amount or amounts which are the value of the

cattle and other items which had belonged to the deceased

Phelipe de Luna and which were sold at public auction by

order of the aforenamed Lord Governor. [Peres Casanova]

is to issue for [the money] receipts, vouchers, and letters

of discharge in [the proper] form. And for all things

connected with, concerning, incidental to, or dependent

on [this matter, de Luna's heirs] do give the said Jose

Manuel Peres Cazanoba ample and altogether unlimited

authority. And for adherence [on their part to this

agreement] they renounce their own domicile and household,

the law si combenerit de jurisdictioni omnium iudicum and

the general [law] of rights in [due] form. As assurance

of that which might be executed by virtue of [this], the

clients obligate their persons and their properties, both

present and future, thereby submitting themselves to the

district and jurisdiction in which trial shall be held;G

as evidence whereof--the clients not knowing how to write--

[this document]; was signed by me, the said deputy, and my

attendants, with whom I act as ^uez receptor for lack of

any notary, [doing so] on the present plain paper as there

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is none stamped, this.land being at war; to all of which I

swear.

. At the request of the clients.;

Blas Martin Nieto Fran[cis]co de TorojRubric] [Rubric]

attendant.

attendant:Fran[cis]co Montes de Oca Raphael Hurtado de •Mendoza

[Rubric] [Rubric]

[D.S., 21-21v pp., in E. 11/5/1780--9/22/1783]

[MS page between 21v and 22:]

Blank

v// [ Blank]

5?+

[Cross]

Lord Governor Don Domingo Cabello:

I J[ o] s[ ep] h Manuel Peres Casanoba do appear before

Your Lordship in the most sufficient manner permitted me

by law and conducive to my [interests], having been given,

at the Town of San Fernando de Austria, legal power [of

attorney] by the heirs of the deceased Felipe de Luna,

who are as follows: Fran[cis]ca Santos, Fran[ci]sco de

Luna, and Santos de Luna. They conferred upon me the said

power in order that I might present myself before Your.

Lordship with all the import which the said power of attorney

ratifies, so that having been informed of their certifica-

tions, Your Lordship might give me the above-cited inher-

itance which is on deposit with Your Lordship, charging

me with being responsible for whatever results may issue

herefrom. This I swear with my person.

I also beg Your Lordship to accept this my petition

on the present [plain] paper, as there is none stamped. I

swear that I bear no malice, and, not knowing how to sign,

I have requested Fran[cist]co Balderas [to do so].

At the request of the petitioner: Fr[a]n[cis]co Balderas[Rubric]

[D.S., 22 p., in E. 11/5/1780-9/22/17831

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22v// Decree [In view of] the presentation of the power of

attorney above-cited, let [the documents] be

added to the proceedings. And whereas it has become posi-

tively known, by this government that Maria Josefa de^..la

Cerda is not the mother of the late Felipe de Luna, but

his step-mother, and that the legitimate heirs, therefore,

are those who are the grantors of the power [of attorney],

Francisca, Santos, and Francisco de.Luna, siblings of the

aforenamed deceased Felipe de Luna, let the power delegated

to Jose Manuel Peres- Casanoba be considered valid. By

virtue hereof let him be given by transcript the proceedings

thus far conducted in the post-mortem and intestate cause

of the afore-mentioned deceased, that [Peres Casanova]

may deduce [therefrom] that which is conducive to his

interests. [When this is] done, [let] autos [be made].

Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed by me, Don Dom[ing]o

Cabello, Colonel of the Royal Armies, Governor and Comrnan-

der of Arms of the Province of Los Texas, its Missions,

Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain^'of the Cavalry Gompany

of the Royal Presidio of San Ant[oni]o de Bexar, and

Inspector General of the Militia Corps and Presidial Troops

of the said Province by Commission Conferred by the Lord

Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of this King-23

dom of New Spain; // at this Royal Presidio of San Antonio

de Bexar and Town of San Fernando, on the twenty-second day

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of the month of August, in the year seventeen hundred

eighty-three, before the attendant witnesses with whom I

act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain

paper, as there is none stamped.. This I certify.

Cabello[Rubric]

[cross]Jose Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo

[Rubric] [Rubric]attendant witness attendant witness

23v-// [Blaxik] [D.S., 22v-23 pp., in E. 11/5/1780-9/22/1783]

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[cross]

Senor_GovernorDon Domingo Cavello:

J[o]s[ep]h Manuel Peres Casanoba, appear before

Your Lordship in the most due manner, as provided by law

and as befits my interest and thus state [the following:]

By Your Lordship's decree I received the proceedings per-

taining to the deceased Felipe de Luna. Thus Your Lordship

has given me time in which to claim the rights given me and

placed in my possession by my clients at the Town of San

Fernando de Austria. And I therefore state that, having

their full authority, I have clearly seen the said pro-

ceedings being conducted before Your Lordship, and I have

not the slightest plea to make. I thus obligate myself

to receive the remainder of the money when all the pro-

ceedings and [other] expenses are paid which pertain thereto

and also [those due] to Senor Don Fra[ncis]co Flores. I

[then] am to receive that which legitimately remains. As

evidence thereof I have given this at the Royal Presidio of

San Antonio de Bexar, today, the first day of September,

in the year seventeen hundred eighty-three, signed for me

and at my request by Fran[cis]co Clemente Balderas.

I also beg Your Lordship to accept this my petition

on the^present [plain] paper, as there is none stamped.

I swear that I bear no malice.

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At the request ofthe petitioner:

Fra[ncis]co Clemente Balderas[Rubric]

[D.S., 24 p., in E. 11/5 /1780-9/22/1783]

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2 4v// Decree [I have] seen,[the.aforegoing.] Let it be added

to the proceedings. Consequent to the conclusion

of this cause, let the fees be assessed for the cost thereof,

including therein those which are due to Don Francisco

Flores for the information which he, as first alcalde of

this town, received on behalf of Jose Antonio de los Santos

de Luna, one of the heirs mentioned in the power [of attor-

ney] conferred on Jose Manuel Peres Casanoba, as cited in

his presentation aforegoing, the original of which informa-

tion was taken away by the said [Santos de] Luna. When

this is done, the said fees shall be paid out of the

seventy pesos and seven reales remaining from the properties

of the deceased Felipe de Luna, as evidenced on pages 18

to 19 of the proceedings. The remainder thereof shall be

delivered to the above-mentioned attorney, Jose Manuel

Peres Casanoba, who is to give a receipt for its delivery

and is to be given a slip of paper [showing] the afore-

mentioned fee. Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed

by me, Don Domingo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies,25

Governor and Commander of Arms of the Province of Los //

Texas, &c.; on the twelfth day of the month of September,

in the year seventeen hundred eighty-three, before the

attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a

notary, doing so on this plain paper, as there is none

stamped. This I certify.

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Cabel'lo[Rubric]

[cross]Jose Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo

[Rubric] [Rubric]attendant witness attendant witness

[D.S., 24v-25 pp., in E. 11/5/1780-9/22/1783]

Assessment of the costs of proceedings, to be paid and tendered

by Jose Manuel Peres Casanoba, attorney to the heirs of the

deceased Felipe de Luna, as a result of the post-mortem

cause aforegoing, conducted by me, Don Domingo Cabello,

Governor and Commander of Arms of the Province of Los Texas,

its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of the

Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of San Antonio de25 v

Bexar, and Inspector General of the Militia)Corps //

and Presidial Troops of the said Province by Commission

Conferred by the Lord Commandant General of the Interior

.Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain. [The costs are]

in the form and manner following:

Pesos Reales

First for five autos at twelve reales

each ............................... 007 r^

And for six decrees at eight

reales each ........................ 006 0

And for one commission .................. 001 r^ 4

was taken away by the said Luna, and

testimony from it was left. At

[Luna's] request [the testimony] was

ordered taken by the aforenamed

alcalde, Don Fran[cis]co Flores, and

at this time has been delivered to

61

003 rr 0

000 if 6

000 it 6

000.11 2

000 ^T 3

001 ,r 0

the attorney, Casanoba ............. 006 0

These items amount to ...... 027 1

'

And for three notices at eight reales ...

And for one notification .................

And for one record of compliance ........

And for one record ......................

And for ten sheets of paper used in

this post-mortem cause .............

And for this assessment .................

And for acknowledgement of information

received by Don Francisco Flores,

the first alcalde of this town, on

behalf of Jose Ant[oni]o de los

Sfan] tos de Luna, one of the heirs

mentioned in the power of attorney

conferred on the above-named

Casanoba. The original information

As it seems, the sum of the.items aforegoing is twenty-

seven pesos and one real after,.[adding up] the costs of this

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26post-mortem cause. And since-// - this amount is to be

subtracted from the seventy.pesos and seven reales finally

remaining from the properties of the afore-mentioned

deceased Felipe de Luna, which [sum] has remained in favor

of [de Luna's] heirs, as evidenced on pages 18 to 19 of

these proceedings, there remains a liquid amount of forty-

three pesos and six reales, which is to be delivered by

me, the above-named governor, to the afore-mentioned

attorney,,Jose Manuel Peres Casanoba as a consequence of

that which was ordered for this end,in the decree above-

given. Thus it.is provided, ordered, and signed by me

the afore-said governor, at this Royal.Presidio of San

Ant[oni]o de Bexar and Town of San Fernando, on the

thirteenth day of the month.of September, in the year

seventeen hundred eighty-three, before the attendant witnesses

with whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on

this plain paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify.

Dom[ing]o Cabello[ Ru.bric]

[cross]Jose Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo

[Rubric] [Rubric]attendant witness attendant witness

[D.S., 25-26 pp., in E. 11/5/1780-9/22/1783]

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I have received the six pesos specified in the assess-

ment aforegoing.

Fran[cis]co Flores[Rubric]

[A.D.S., 26 p., in E. 11/5 /1780-9/22/1783]

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26vAuto At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de

Bexar and Town of S[a]n Fernando, on the twenty-

second day of the month of September, in the year seventeen

hundred eighty-three, I, the above-named governor did cause

to appear in my presence Jose Man[ue]l Peres Casanoba,

attorney to the heirs of the deceased Phelipe de Luna. In

the presence of the attendant witnesses with whom I act in

the absence of a notary, I delivered into his own hand

forty-three pesos and six reales, the residuum of the

seventy pesos and seven reales.which was,the liquid remainder

of-the properties of the said deceased, as is evidenced'in

greater detail in the proceedings recorded inthe autos

after deducting twenty-seven pesos and one real, the amount

of fees for the said cause. A copy of this assessment has

been given to [Peres Casanova] as proof of the information

obtained at the request of Ant[oni]o de los Santos de Luna,

one of the said heirs. And I consider all the above-

mentioned [money] delivered and paid, in witness whereof

Francisco Balderas has signed [this] for the said Jose

Manuel Peres Casanoba; in consequence whereof these proceed-°

ings are considered concluded and closed. I have signed27

[this] with the attendant witnesses // with whom I act

in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper,

as there is none stamped. This I certify.

Dom[ing]o Cabello[Rubric]

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r

at the request,of J[o]s[ep]h Peres Casanova:

Fra[n]ci[s]co Clemente Balderas[Rubric]

Jose Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo[Rubric] [Rubric]

attendant witness attendant witness

27v// [Blank] [D.S., 26v-27 pp., in E. 11/5/1780-9/22/1783]