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this expedition appeared in the Italian, and from it an English trans- 

 lation afterwards in Hackluyt. The original has never heen printed. 

 A copy is now in this country in the hands of John R. Bartlett, esq. 



On the return of Alarcun, one of his " cosraograiAers," Domingo 

 del Castillo, drew a small map of the country they had traversed, and 

 generally of the geography of the north, as it was understood at that 

 lime. It portrays with wonderful accuracy the lands of recent dis- 

 covery, the seacoast, the position of the Spanish settlements, and the 

 course of the rivers. It is on a single quarto page, and there is a 

 copy of it in this country. 



Thus we have here many important documents giving accounts of 

 tliese early explorations, and it is believed they may be got together at 

 the present time. They have been greatly needed in the country for a 

 number of years past, and their publication would prove of utility 

 and of great public interest. 



From a particular calculation that has been made, it is found that 

 the foregoing narratives would cover about 323 pages of the folio of 

 the volume of the Smithsonian publications. 



There is a second series of documents appertaining to a later period 

 of the history of New Mexico, Texas, and adjoining territories, that 

 are even less known than the first, to which we also ask the Secretary's 

 particular attention. 



1. Memoirs respecting the Provincias Internas of New Spain, by 

 Lieutenant Jose Cortes, of the royal engineers, written in the year 

 1799. They will occupy 120 pages. 



2. Diary & Route through the country newly discovered to the 

 N.N.W. of New Mexico, of tlie Fathers Silvestre Velez de E^calante 

 and Francisco Atanacio Dominguez, in the year 177G. This will 

 cover 116 pages. 



These^ in manuscript, are in the library of Peter Force, esq. 



3. Report of Lieutenant Cristobal Martin Bernal and Father Euse- 

 bio Fr. Kino, and others, in the year 1697, on the State of Pimeria. 

 It will occupy 31 pages. 



4. Letter from Father Kino, touching an expedition made with the 

 Cap. Carrasco, in 1698, from Pimeria to the N.W. and Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia and back, a journey of 300 leagues. It will fill five pages. 



5. Letter of the same, daled 16th September, 1698, respecting the 

 condition of Pimeria and the recent conversions therein. It will cover 

 five pages. 



6. Letter of the Father Silvestre Velez de Escalante, dated 2d April, 

 1778, giving a history of New Mexico, by^ order of his superior, from 

 the archives in Santa Fe — pp. 25. 



Of these documents — 3, 4, 5, 6 — Buckingham Smith, esq., has 

 copies from those in the royal archives in the city of Mexico. 



7 and 8. Diary of Friar Francisco Garces to the river Colorado in 

 tlic year 1775, and Diary of Father Pedro Font, at the same time, to 

 San Francisco, with a small map by him. About 200 pages. 



9. Diary of Ensign Juan Mateo Monge to the N. in a journey 

 with Father Kino in the year 1697. Supposed to be about 75 pages. 



