Proceedings conducted on [the matter of] Don Luis Mariano Menchaca'

having exported from the vicinity f this presidio of San AntConi]o de

Bexar and villa of San Fernando to the province of Coahuila two hundred.

forty-three head [of cattle], fifty-three branded and the other one

hundred ninety orejanas, for which he has become obligated to be at the

court's disposal pending the lord commandant general's determination of

whom [cattle] of the latter type belong to, in view of an appeal.raade

by the owners of ranches on the arroyo of El Cibolo and the San Antonio

River; CMS added later:] by which reckoning he is indebted [in the amount

of] 380 pesos.

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Seftor Governor and Commandant Inspector

of this province:

CI1, Luis Mariano Menchaca, a resident of this villa Cand7

first settler of the ranches of this villa and presidio, as is best

provided by law and amenable to my rights, do appear before Your Lordship,

beseeching you to grant me a license to take a herd of ore ana cattle

from those being rounded up on lands considered to be crown lands, between

the Guadalupe River and the arroyo of El Sibolo, with other [such cattle]

as I may add Cto that herd] from my branded cattle. As for orejano cattle,

I shall pay the duties prescribed in the license; wherefore

I beg and beseech Your Lordship to deign to grant me the license

which I ask, whereby I shall receive favor with justice; Cand I ask that]

you accept this Cpetition] from me on the present paper., as there

is none of the proper Ckind]. I swear in due form that I bear no malice.

Luis Mariano Menchaca[Rubric]

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Decree I have seen the aforegoing application. Let the export

Clicense] requested be granted under the following

conditions, which are to be Cthese:] The first is that CMenchaca] must

pay four reales for each head of orejano cattle which he catches, //lv

consequent to what is prescribed in article 4 of the bando issued by the

lord commandant general of these Interior Provinces on the eleventh of

January, seventeen hundred seventy-eight , and promulgated at this

presidio on the twelfth day of the said month and year. The second is

Cthat Menchaca is] to guarantee.the results of this exportation at the

rate of twenty-two reales a head, which he is to ensure [payment of]

with bondsmen who are guaranteed according to law and who shall put up

real property known to my satisfaction, to be at the court's disposal.

pending the results of the petition which now.is in the court of the lord

commandant general, and which I sent to him in the month of February of

the past Csic] year seventeen hundred seventy-nine, in view of the appeal

made by several cattle raisers. The said bondsmen are to be Cselected]

from those who have not been Cbondsmen] to others who have taken the

said orejano cattle. [This is stipulated] because of the limited

capital of these areas and so that I may eschew the many incidents which

might arise pending what results may come from thecommandery general.

The third [condition] is that he is to.name a place close to this presidio

to gather and unite the said cattle, so that I may send a person to

count them, in order that he may, according to 2 their number, tender

the four reales which he must pay for each head of [cattle] of this type

and formalize the bond note on the above-expressed terms. As for the

taking of additional branded cattle which [Menchaca] seeks, he will be

granted [permission to do so] on the sole condition that one part is

to be of cows, another of bullocks, and another of bulls, the number of

which he shall present in order to obtain the corresponding permit and

also in order to make a record of the number of this exportation, which

is to.be placed in the book which is ordered maintained for that purpose.

An account is also to be kept of fees payable to His Majesty, and the

value thereof is to be placed in the chest with three locks designated for

will be made known to him by one of the attendant

witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a notary. [This is to be

done].for his information and to that he may know that he is to name

the bondsmen, according to.whether they are eligible at the time the

instrument of guaranty is to be made. 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 //2v Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio

of 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 San AntConi]o de Bexar, on

the twenty-sixth day of the month of June, 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.

CabelloCRubric]

[Cross]Jose Pl'azido de Monzon

CRubric]Attendant Witness

Pedro Dias del Castillo[Rubric]

Attendant Witness

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Notification On the said day, month, and year, I, Jose Plazido

de Monz6n, one of the attendant witnesses with whom

the sCe7nCo]r governor of this province acts in `// the absence of a notary,3

in compliance with that which was ordered in thedecreeaforegoing,

did go to the house of Don Luis Mariano Menchaca and in person did notify

him of the preceding provision. Informed thereon, he stated Cthe following:J

He was prepared to pay the four reales belonging to His Majesty for each

head of orejano bovine cattle which he would gather in the places

mentioned in the above petition. To guarantee the [successful] results

of the exportation, he names as guarantor Don Macario Sambrano, a citizen

of this villaJand presidio. The place where he will unite the said

cattle will be disclosed on his return, for the purposes of which he is,

aware and of which he is advised. This is all he stated on the matter

of which he was to be informed. He signed Cthis statement] with.me,

as evidence whereof I place it in the proceedings.

CCross7Jose Plazido de Monzen Luis Mariano Menchaca

[Rubric] [Rubric]

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Decree Whereas Don Luis Mariano Menchaca, //3v resident of

this presidio.and villa, has acquired one hundred

ninety head of orejana cattle and fifty-three Chead] branded with the

brand of his father, Reformado Captain Don Luis AntConi7o Menchaca, which

Ccattle7 he is attempting to export to the province of Coahuila; let

him be informed that he is to pay the ninety-five pesos which is the.

amount of duties on one hundred ninety head of orejana cattle, and at

the same time let the guarantor whom he has named present himself, so

that he may in the appropriate manner formalize the guaranty of indebted-

ness, so that Cthe guarantor], with property which he has and will have,

may be at the court's disposal pending what results may occur through

the exportation of the one hundred ninety head of orejana cattle. When

all this is done, CMenchaca] will be given his permit for the two hundred

forty-three Chead] he has acquired. This notification is committed to

.one of the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a notary.

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 Provinces by //4 Commission Conferred by the Lord Commandant<`General

of the Interior Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain; at this Royal

Presidio of SCa7n AntConi]o de.Bexar; on the ninth ..day of the month of

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[Rubric]

[Cross]Jose Pl'azido de Monz6n Pedro Dias del Castillo

CRubric] [Rubric]Attendant Witness Attendant Witness

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Notification On the said day, month, and year, I, Jose Plazido

de Monz6n, one of the attendant witnesses with whom

the lord governor of this province acts in the absence ofa notary, in

compliance with that which was ordered in the aforegoing decree, did go

to the house and lodging of Don Luis Mariano Menchaca and in person.

did notifyhim of the above provision. Informed thereon, he immediately

tendered in ready cash in hand.the ninety-five pesos in duties on the

catch of one hundred ninety head of orejanas. This amount I consider

received, so that it may be delivered to the aforenamed lord governor.

At the same time [Menchaca] stated that he would go immediately to

summon,his bondsman, who would effect the instrument of guaranty as

advised. This was all he stated on the matter. He signed [this

notification] with me, as evidence whereof I have placed it in the

proceedings.

[Cross]Jose Plazido de Monzen Luis Mariano Menchaca

CRubric] CRubric]

Instrument

CA.D.S., 4-4v pp., in E. 6/26/1782-11/23/17863.

At the Royal Presidio of San AntConi]o de Bexar

and villa of San Fernando, on the ninth day of

the month of July, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two; before me,

Don Domingo Cabello, Colonel in the.Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant

of Arms //5 of the Province of Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and

Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of

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;

[the following occurred:] Present in his own person, Don Macario Sambrano,

of this vicinity, whom I swear I know, appeared and stated that by the

present Cinstrument] he affords.secure guaranty in favor of Don Luis

Mariano Menchaca, of the same vicinity, for the value of one hundred

ninety head of orexanas which the said Don Luis is exporting from the

land in litigation between the citizenry here and the mission of El

CE7spCiri]tu SCan]to, at the presidio of La Bahia. The sum Cpledged],

at the rate of twenty-two reales for each head of the said orexano cattle,

amounts to five hundred twenty-two pesos andfour reales. The said

guarantor obligates himself, with his person and his property, which.he

has or will have, in case the above-named Don Luis himself does not make

satisfaction for the results [of the exportationa as determined on this

matter by the lord commandant //Sv general with respect to the plea

which has been made. The said guarantor hereby submits himself to the

force and jurisdiction of justice--as to all His Majesty's judges,

wherever they be, and especially to those of this villa--so that h

thus may be made to keep and comply with [his pledge]. 'Herenounced

his own fuero, domicile and community, and Cwaived] the law si combenerit

de juriditione omnium judicum and the general impediments to testimony;

in witness whereof he thus authorized and signed [this instrument] with

me, the above-named governor, and 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.

DomCing]o Cabello JoseMacario SambranoCRubric] CRubric]

CCross]Jose Plazido de Monz6n

CRubric7Attendant Witness

Pedro Dias del CastilloCRubric3

Attendant Witness

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Consequent to the fact that, on behalf of Don

Luis Mariano Menchaca, the ninety-five pesos

belonging to His Majesty in duties on the catching of the aforesaid one

hundred ninety orejana head has been paid, let this amount be introduced

into the chest with three locks, designated for this purpose, and let

[a record] be entered in the book corresponding to the category of duties.

Since the amount of the value Cof the cattle] has been guaranteed in due

form at the rate of twenty-two reales a head, let the permit be issued

for the afore-mentioned one hundred ninety orexana head and for the

additional fifty-three branded Ccattle] which CMenchaca] is also taking

to the province of Coahuila. And let the entry on the number of the

said cattle be made in the book designated to contain the account and

record of Ccattle] exported from this province, so that these circumstances

may be evident for all time. Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed

by me, the aforenamed governor, Don DomCing]o Cabello; at this Royal

Presidio of San AntConi]o de Bexar, on the ninth day of the month of

July, in the year seventeen hundred //6v 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[Rubric]

CCross]Jose.Plaz.ido de Monzon

[Rubric]Attendant Witness

Pedro Dias del CastilloCRubric]

Attendant Witness

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Decree Don Luis Mariano Menchaca has paid the ninety-five

pesos' CdutyJ on the catching of the one hundred ninety

head of orejana [cattle] which he has exported to the province of Coahuila,

as evidenced in the decree aforegoing, while he. hasdefaulted from

paying the remaining sixteen reales [on each head] to complete the twenty

Creales7 at which each of the said cattle were evaluated according to the

lord commandant general's determination in [his] decree issued November 5,

1782 and published by bando July 13, 1783. This sum 7 amounts to three

hundred eighty pesos. [Therefore] let these proceedings be included in

the inventory of documents which are to be delivered to Senor Cavalry

Captain Don Rafael Martines Pacheco, on whom the governorship and commandery

of arms of this province of Los Texas has been conferred, at the time

when Cthe same] is done with the other CdocumentsIpertaining to.the

said government. [This shall be done] so that, in view thereof, he may

deign to order enforcement of the collecting of the afore-mentioned

amount, to be introduced into the chest designated for the safekeeping

of money belonging to this branch. Thus it is provided, ordered, and

signed by me, the aforesaid governor; at this Royal Presidio of SCa]n

AntConi]o de Bgxar, on the twenty-fourth day of the month of November,

in the year seventeen hundred eighty-six, before the attendant witnesses

with whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing so in this plain paper,

as there is none stamped. This I certify.

CabelloCRubric]

72CCross]

Jose Plazido de Monz6n Pedro Dias del CastilloCRubric] [Rubric]

Attendant Witness Attendant Witness

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