Proceedings conducted for the sale, on His Majesty's account, of 125. head of orejana bovines from the crown land pastures of El Cuchillo,

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1 Proceedings conducted for the sale, on His Majesty's account, of 125 head of orejana bovines from the crown land pastures of El Cuchillo, El Carriso, and Los Nogales, to FranCcis]co Arocha, a resident of this villa of San Fernando and presidio of CSan Antonio de7 Bexar, at 20, reales for each head three years old, at 16 for those two years old, and at 8 reales for those one year old, considering those male and female calves dead which were at the mother's side; which number of head are worth 282 pesos, which CsumJ has been introduced into the chest designated for deposit of capital gained from fees for taking orexana cattle and mustang horses; wherefore CArocha7 is given the corresponding permit to export them to wherever he deems most suitable. //'r CBlankl

2 [Cross] [I], Francisco Arocha, a resident of this presidio of San Antonio de Bexar and villa of San Fernando, do appear before Your Lordship and state [the following:] Finding it necessary to make up a herd of one hundred fifty head of orexano cattle on the pasture lands of El Cuchillo, CE1] Carriso, or [Los] Nogales de Guadalupe, I am prepared to purchase them from His Majesty at the prices which Your Lordship specifies to me and, when Cthe herd] is assembled, to export.it to the province of Coahuila or to wherever I am pleased [to export them]_; wherefore I beseech Your Lordship to deign to assent to my petition on the terms I have proposed and to specify to me all such circumstances which must precede the effecting of my wishes. I assert that I bear no malice, and CI submit my petition] on the present plain paper, as there is none stamped. And [I swear7 on whatever Coath] is necessary in correct form. FranCcis]co Arocha CRubric] [A.D.S., 1 p., in E.. 7/29/1782-8/14/17827

3 Decree [Whereas the above petition has been duly] presented, CArocha] is to be granted permission to catch and acquire as many orexano bovine cattle as he can on the pasture lands of El Cuchillo, CEl] Carriso, or Los Nogales, which are crown lands, with the exact stipulation that as soon as he has made up his herd, he is to bring it to a place near this presidio, so that I may send a person to inspect and count the said cattle in order to secure payment of the twenty reales a head for each bull or three-year-old cow. For each head of cattle two years old he shall pay two pesos, for each head which is one year old Che shall pay] one peso, and each male.or female calf nursing at its mother's side he shall be given as dead. And as soon as the.commissioner whom I shall name brings the record of inspection of the number and kind of bovine cattle which CArochaJ has acquired, formation of an account of their value at the assigned prices shall proceed. He shall pay that amount immediately and without asserting any other right. He shall be given the permit so that he may export Chis cattle7 to the places which he deems most suitable. These proceedings shall be made evident in the cuaderno formed for dealings in this item. CArocha shall be licensed] with the understanding that if there has been fraud to conceal any head, he shall lose it and shall pay // 2 twice its value. He shall be notified of all this and it shall be made known to him by one of the attendant witnesses with whom Iact in the absence of a notary. Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed, by me, Don DomCing7o Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governorand Commandant of Arms of the Province of Texas, its Missions,.Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of

4 San AntConi]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; at this Royal Presidio of CSan Antonio de] Bexar, on the twenty-ninth day of the monthof July, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two; 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 [Cross] Jose Plavido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo CD.S., lv-2 pp., in E. 7/29/1782-8/l4/1782]

5 Notification On the said day, month, and year I, Jose Plazido de Monzon, one of the attendant witnesses with whom the lord governor of this'province acts in the absence of a notary, in compliance with that which was ordered in the decree aforegoing, did.notify Don Fran[cis]co de Arocha and did make known to him in person the. provision aforegoing. Informed thereon, he stated that he was prepared to comply with it in all parts. Since this was all he stated on the matter, he signed Cthis notification] with me, as CCross] Jose Pl'azido de Monzon CA.D.S., 2v p. in E. 7/29/1782-8/14/ Decree Whereas FranCcis]co de Arocha has disclosed to me that he has assembled the orejano bovine.cattle which he has caught on the crown land pastures of El Cuchillo, CE1] Carriso, and Los Nogales, pursuant to the permit issued to him; as evidenced in the proceedings aforegoing; let DomCing]o Peres, second sergeant of the cavalry company of this presidio, be made to travel to the ranch of SCa]n Rafael, where the afore-mentioned cattle are [being held], so that he, as a completely satisfactory 3 and intelligent person, may inspect and count them, making an individual record of their number, type, and quality, so that by virtue thereof the fee which the above-named FranCcis]co Arocha.is to pay may be determined according to the prearranged terms. Thus

6 it is provided, ordered, and signed by me, Don DomCing7o Cabello, Colonel, in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant of Arms of.the Province,of Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of SCaan AntConiJo 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; at this Royal Presidio of [San Antonio de7 B'exar, on the ninth day of the month of August, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two; 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 [Cross] Jose Pl azido de Monz6n CRubric] Pedro Dz`as del Castillo CD.S., 2v-3 pp., in E. 7/29/1782-8/l4/17827

7 .[Cross] Senor Governor and Commandant of Arms of this Province: Domingo Peres, second sergeant of the troops de cuera of the cavalry company of this presidio, discloses to Your Lordship that, in obedience to the order and commission which you deigned to confer on, him, he travelled to the ranch of SCa]n Rafael, where FranCcisJo Arocha presented before,him in the corrals thereof all the ore j ano bovine cattle which.he had caught on the crown land pastures of El Cuchillo, CE13 Carriso, and Los Nogales by virtue of the permit which Your Lordship deigned to grant him. CPeres] inspected Cthe cattle7, counted [them, and determined] their type and quality; they are as follows: First,.one hundred head at three years old and upwards. Seven more, each two years old. Eighteen more, each one year old. The total number amounts to one hundred twenty-five head, of the types and qualities specified. No concealment has occurred, for there is no other place where[the cattle] could have been kept. And so that Cthis record] may be evident to Your Lordship, I Csic] have affixed my signature hereto, at this Royal Presidio of SCa]n AntConi]o de Bexar, on the eleventh day of the month of August, seventeen hundred eighty-two. Domingo Peres

8 CA.D.S., 3v p., in E. 7/29/1782-8/14/17827 Decree In view of the aforegoing record submitted by Domingo Peres, second sergeant of the troops de cuera.of this cavalry company, [who was] commissioned to //4 count and. ascertain the number, type, and quality of the orexana bovine cattle assembled by FranCcisJco de Arocha on the crown land pastures of El Cuchillo, El Carriso, and Los Nogales, as evidenced in the above proceedings; let the formation of the account and the reckoning of their value proceed, based on the prices assigned for this purpose in the decree issued subsequent to CArocha's7 presentation. [The reckoning7. is as follows: For 100 head of orejana bovines three yearsold and upwards, at 20 reales each, valued at...,..` For 7 ydem two years old, at 16 reales each, valued at For 18 ydem one year old, at 8 reales each pesos 014 pesos 018 pesos Total Amount pesos The resulting value of the afore-mentioned orejana bovine cattle is two hundred eighty-two pesos. Therefore let the formation of this account be disclosed by me to Fran1cis7co Arocha, so that he, thus informed, may tender the afore-mentioned two hundred eighty-two pesos atthe same time notification thereof is given him, so that, when,cthis amount] is delivered, it may be deposited in the chest appointed-

9 for the safekeeping of funds belonging to the branch of fees [realized] from the catching of orejana cattle and mustang horses. And //v [when.this is] done, let the appropriate permit be issued for CArocha] to export to the,place he deems most suitable the one hundred twenty-five head shown [on the account] and such branded [cattle] as he may wish to add to them. Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed by me, Don DomCing]o Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province of Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of SCa]n AntConi]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;-at this Royal Presidio of San AntConi]o de Bexar, on the twelfth day of the month of August, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two; 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 [Cross] Jose Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo CRubric] U.S., 3v-4v pp., in E. 7/29/1782-8/14/17821

10 At the Royal Presidio of San AntConi7o de Bexar, on the thirteenth. day of the month of August, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two, I,Don Domingo Cabello, Colonel.in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province of Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of San AntConi]o de BeQar, 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, Cdo state the following:] Pursuant to the aforegoing decree. I caused to appear before me FranCcisJco Arocha, a resident of the same presidio,and made known to him in person its content and that of the account formed on the orexana cattle which he had caught. Informed on its entirety, he said that he was satisfied, and he thereupon tendered-- as he has tendered in ready cash--two hundred eighty-two pesos, which is the value of the one hundred twenty-five head, Cdetermined] with respect to their number, type, and quality, and the prices at which they were sold to CArocha] as witnessed by these proceedings. I, the aforesaid governor, consider the above-mentioned two hundred eighty-two pesos paid and received. It is to be introduced into the chest appointed for the safekeeping of funds belonging to the branch of fees [realized] from the catching of orejana cattle and mustang horses. The amount of this item is to be entered in the master book kept for carrying the accounts and records of Sv the revenues Cof this branch]. And so that Cthese facts] may be evidenced for all time, I have signed [this statement] with the above-named FranCcis]co Arocha, before the attendant witnesses with

11 whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as.there is none stamped. This I certify. Domtinglo Cabello CRubric] CCross] Jose Plazido de Monz6n CRubric7 Pedro Dias del Castillo CD.S., 5-5v pp., in E. 7/29/1782-8/14/17823 Decree Whereas the two hundred eighty-two pesos paid by.. Francisco Arocha in fees on the one hundred twentyfive head of orexana bovines which he caught has been introduced into the chest with three locks; and Cwhereas Arocha] has been given the corresponding permit.to export them to the areas or places he deems most appropriatei these proceedings are to be considered closed and.are to be preserved for such ends as are and may be appropriate relative to this matter. Thus it is provided, ordered, //6 and signed by me, Don Domingo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province of Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of San AntConiJo 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; at this Royal Presidio of San AntConi7o de Bexar, on the fourteenth dayof the month of August, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant witnesses with

12 whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper,. as there is none stamped. This I certify. Cabello CRubricl CCross7 Jose Plazido de Monzon CRubric7 Pedro Dias del Castillo CRubric7. //6v CB1ank7 CD.S., 5v-6 pp., in E. 7/29/1782-8/14/17823