Ecclesiastical Archives 397 
M. Legajo 5. 
(A part of the following papers are in an enclosed carpeta entitled “ Pape- 
les pertenicientes al Orcoquiza”.) 
Informe of the missionaries of eastern Texas, and a request that their 
missions may be transferred to the San Xavier River or other 
place farther west. Mar. 18, 1730. 
Certification of baptisms in the Texas missions. 1740, 1747. 
Petition of the missionaries for military protection, with corresponding 
Hectee Oo, the viceroy. 1747. 
Inventory of the mission of San José (Texas), with a statement of its 
progress within the past 22 months. Fray Yldefonso Marmolejo. 
i256, 
Another, by Fray Josef Maria Salas. Undated. 
Others for the missions of N. S. del Rosario and Espiritu Santo, Adaes. 
Undated. 
Correspondence of Texas officials concerning moving the mission of 
me. de la: Lwuz:, 1760. 
Declaracién of the commissary-general concerning the administration of 
Querétaran missions in Texas and Coahuila. Jan. 23, 1762. 
Informe of the Zacatecan missions of Texas, by Father Hierro, 1762. 
Correspondence and other documents relating to events at N. S. de la 
Luz (Orcoquiza). 1763-1764. 
Inventories of the same mission. Sept. 12, 1766, and May 24, 1768. 
Correspondence of the guardian, the viceroy, and the fiscal real concern- 
ing a new system of mission administration. 1772. 
“Representation” by President Ramirez on means of improving the 
missions. No. 8. Nov., 1776. 25 pp. | 
Letter of the viceroy concerning the transference of three Texas mis- 
sionaries to Tarahumara. No.5. June9g, 1770. 
Inventory of mission Espiritu Santo. No. 60. Nov. 27, 1783. 
Id. of N.S. del Rosario. 1783. 
A bundle marked “ Refugio, Cartas del R. P. Comis® Fr. Man! Sylva.” 
(It is evident that this bundle is made up of parts of different legajos, for 
in some cases numbers are duplicated. Some of the papers apparently 
belong in the legajo of Seno Mexicano papers.) 
Measures of Gov. Larios to provide military protection for the mis- 
sions of Texas. No.5. 1748. 
Copy of the royal cédula of Apr. 16, 1748, for the founding of the 
San Xavier missions, with commentaries, with respect to the 
Indians mentioned in the cédula, by a person whose identity does 
not appear. No.17. Circa 1748. 
Accounts of supplies for the missions of Seno Mexicano. Nos. 9 
and 18. 1750. 
Various documents relative to these missions. 1750. 
License (patente) of the Discretorio for the founding of the mission 
of Rosario, and other related matters. Circa 1754. 
Inventories of missions San Francisco de la Espada and La Pu- 
risima Concepcion. 1772. 
Documents concerning the establishment of “los Adaises ”’. 
1779. 
No. 4. 
