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Alvares, Juan, 1709 May 5 Box 1, Folder 20

[Villa de Sinaloa? Oguera? Mexico]
ALS to Juan de Yturberoaga with list of supplies
needed for 1710
2p., addressed and docketed 31.5 and 21 cm.
Discusses the poverty of the mission and makes a
special request for medicines. Mentions an
enclosure accompanying the letter from the
Visitador Antonio de Herrera, but the probably
does not refer to the accompanying list, which is
signed by Alvares.

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Arizpe [Sonora, Mexico] ALS to Juan de Yturberoaga 2p. 30 cm. With attached note. Complains of padres who don't deliver what they promise, disputes and infighting, the difficulties of delivering supplies, and the inability of many padres to pay for them. Accompanied by an anonymous letter, 1709 Nov 28

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  4. Herrera, Antonio, 1709 Nov 18

Betancur, Juan de, 1671 Dec 25 Box 1, Folder 5

Sonora [Mexico]
LS to Capt. D. Juan Francisco de Goyeneche
2p., docketed 21.5 cm.
Reiterates claims he says he has already made to
General Matheo Ramirez de Castro and Visitador
Alvaro Flores de Sierra, that stationing a few
soldiers has done more harm than good. What is
needed is not a guard (escolta) but anentrada.

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Betancur, Juan de, 1671 Dec 8 Box 1, Folder 4

Sonora [Mexico]
Letter to Alvaro Flores de Sierra signed by Juan
de Betancur, Juan de Huter, and Cornelio Guillercagh
6p., docketed 29.5 cm.
General Ramirez de Castro is mistaken concerning
the efficacy of the entrada of Capt. Andres de
Vuelna [i.e. Buelna]. Because there were only
twelve soldiers under orders not to enter Seri
country, the Seri show open contempt for them,
killing Christian Indians particularly where the
soldiers are, knowing they will not be followed
and punished. This attitude is in danger of
spreading to other tribes. Those that are barely
Christian, such as the Yaqui, might revert; they
have celebrated in their dances the Spaniards'
fear of the Seris. The only solution is to send
out the whole fort; the padres are willing to pay
the expenses of the attack.

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Diserino, Francisco, 1671 Nov 25 Box 1, Folder 2

Pl. de Tuvaca [i.e. Tubac, Arizona]
ALS to Vis[itador] Alv[ar]o Flores de Sierra
2p., docketed 31 cm.
Diserino and Padre Andres Egidiano respond to
points raised in a visit and/or letter of the
Visitador asking that he transmit their request
to the Provincial that the Captain subdue the
Seris. They describe the disorder caused by the
non-Christian Indians and state that the Captain's
only effort at subduing them did more harm than
good.

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