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that his, the said Indian's, mother had 

 raised the boy; that many years before 

 the Cabesas had brought him with 

 others from Yndee, near Parral, and 

 had given him to his mother, and that 

 he loved him as his own brother, and 

 he had brought him to the Spaniards as 

 a proof of friendship and in order that 

 he might be sent to his own parents. 

 The boy was not examined at this time 

 as to how many more Spaniards the In- 

 dians had because he could not speak 

 the Spanish language. Only said In- 

 dian was asked if there were more Span- 

 ish children among the Indians. He 

 said that said Cabesas Indians, when 

 they had brought this one, had another 

 boy and a girl, and they killed the boy 

 with their arrows, having placed said 

 boy standing up, and he saw that he 

 clasped a cross in his hands, and that he 

 recited prayers and was praying until 

 he died; and that the Spanish girl they 

 kept with them to serve them, and that 

 in a raid the said Cabesas made to rob 

 and kill, one of their own number was 

 killed, and they took the girl and shot 

 her with arrows until she was dead, 

 and they left her lying in that place, 

 and that two years afterward he passed 

 that place and found her just as she 

 had been left ; her body had not become 

 corrupted nor had the animals eaten it; 

 and, seeing that, he had taken her up 

 and carried her to a cave, where she 

 now was, and that she had very long 

 hair, and he knew no more than this, 

 which was the truth. 



May 18, 1675. — In said province I, 

 said alcalde maior, having left said place 

 called San Isidro and traveled about 8 

 leagues, more or less, toward the north, 

 and having reached a place and a small 

 stream which was said to be called Da- 

 cate, found it abandoned and uninhab- 

 ited. We took possession of it in the 

 name of the king, and we gave it the 

 name of San Bernardino, and in sign 

 thereof we erected a high wooden cross ; 

 and this day came before me the chief 



of the Geniocane tribe of Indians, who 

 said that he was awaiting the mission- 

 aries, with his people in another place 

 further on, so that they might receive 

 religious instruction, and the reason 

 they had not come was because of the 

 number of their enemies, who would not 

 allow them to pass and seek succor, and, 

 above all, they killed one another ; and 

 upon this the missionaries determined 

 to grant their petition and give them 

 religious instruction and spiritual assist- 

 ance. 



May 20, 1675. — Having left the place 

 called San Bernardino in company of 

 said fathers, comisario misionero and 

 capellan gobernador, and Indians, and 

 having traveled about S leagues toward 

 the north and in said district, said In- 

 dians that had come out to receive us 

 reached their village or assistencia. It 

 was on a stream, between two ridges, 

 where there were many arbors of grapes 

 growing like wild grapes, and the green 

 grapes were very large, like those off" 

 Castile, and there were a great many of 

 them, like a vineyard. We took posses- 

 sion of it in the name of the king, and 

 in sign thereof erected a high wooden 

 cross. Religious instruction was given 

 to the Indians by Father Dionisio San 

 Buenaventura. 



May 21, 1675. — In said province and 

 said place, already mentioned, which 

 we gave the name of San Jorje, I, said 

 lieutenant of the alcalde maior, bear 

 witness that said fathers comisioneros 

 ordered an altar to be erected, and on it 

 the father Dionisio deSan Buenaventura 

 offered the holy sacrifice of the mass, 

 and said Geniocanes Indians assisted at 

 it, with those of the other tribes, and 

 after mass they received religious in- 

 struction from Father Juan Larios ; and 

 having counted them there were sixty- 

 five warriors and one hundred and thir- 

 teen women and children, making a 

 total of one hundred and seventy--eight 

 persons of said Geniocane tribe, all of 

 whom desired to become Christians, 



