532 
Purisima Concepcién, mission in California, 
journey from, 196; papers concerning, 118, 
143, 150, 151, 165, 180, 397, 400 
Purisima Concepcién, Texas, 68, 397, 429 
Purisima Concepcién de Armedo, see Armedo 
Puyal, Luis, arrival of, 99 
Quejas y Reclamaciones contra las Autori- 
dades, seccion de, 340-341 
Quemados, Indians, church records of, 450 
Querétaro (city), college at, see Santa Cruz de 
Querétaro, College of; ecclesiastical ar- 
chives of, 386-393; importance of archives 
of, 377; notices concerning, 32 
Querétaro (state), censuses of towns in, 217; 
commandant of, correspondence, 280; cor- 
respondence with government of, 249; 
criminals of, 358; missions, see Santa 
Cruz de Querétaro, College of 
Quevedo, José, papers respecting, 63 
Quevedo Villanueva, Tomas, application by, 
438; offer by, 350; petitions by, 350, 357 
Quicksilver, discovery of, 33; revenue from, 90; 
see also Quicksilver 
Quijano, Miguel, report by, 24 
Quilty, Mateo, papers respecting, 63 
Quimper, Manuel, commission to, 165; corre- 
spondence, 41; diary of, 41; expedition of, 
4I 
Quintana, Luis, papers respecting, 63 
untae Roo, administration of territory of, 
34 
Quintero, Col. Raphael, letter to, 293 
Quiroga, Julian, letter to, 233 
Quiros y Miranda, Fernando Bernardo de, 
diary by, 150; expedition of, 39 
Quitman, Gen. John A., letters of, 215; procla- 
mation by, 215 
Quivira, description, 234; discovery of, 20, 55, 
123; history of, 381; memorial concerning, 
33 
Rabago, Miguel, application by, 437 
Rabago, Don Phelipe, charges against, 390, 400 
Rabago y Teran, Gov. Pedro de, autos drawn 
before, 425; correspondence, 44; expedi- 
tion by, 37, 426; reports by, 37, 45; visita- 
tion by, 426 
Raccoon, British frigate, 141 
Rackwitz (Racknitz ?), Baron, petition by, 350, 
351 
Radziminski, Charles, survey by, 365 
Rafael, Rafael de, commission of, 250 
Rafols, Juan, papers respecting, 63 
Ragley, H. W., certificate signed by, 283 
Railroads, concessions to, 375; contracts of, 
364; papers concerning, 186; project to es- 
tablish, 258 
Ramirez, José Fernando, papers of, 203 
Ramirez, José Maria, letter of, 276; petition of, 
303 
Ramirez, Fr. Josef, virtues and death of, 388 
Ramirez, Pres. Fr. Pedro, missionary, 208; 
representation by, 397 
Ramirez de la Piscina, testament of, 44 
Index 
Ramirez Manuscripts, 203 
Ramirez y Sesma, Joaquin, report by, 275 
Ramirez y Sesma, José, papers respecting, 63 
Ramiro, Rafael, papers respecting, 63 
Ramon, Diego, appointment of, 423; commis- 
sion to, 422; complaints against, 422; docu- 
ment relating to, 442; expedition by, 91; 
letter by, 424 
Ramon, Domingo, diary of expedition of, 29; 
reports by, 29 
Ramon, Nicolas, grant to, 444; list by, 423 
Ramos, Juan Francisco, reports signed by, 48 
Ramos de Lora, Fr. Juan, correspondence, 60; 
report of, 70; request by, 194 
Rangel, Diego, case of, 129 
Ranjel, Pablo, correspondence, 137 
Raousset de Boulbon, Conde, correspondence, 
301; operations of, 229, 209, 300, 301 
Rapid, ship, 183 
Raymundo, Josef, service of, 171 
Raynal, Abbé, extract from, 51 
Raynaudo, Juan Maria, correspondence, 49 
Rayon, in Diccionario Universal de Historia y 
de Geografia, 10n., II 
Real, Poth eee efforts in Lower California of, 
34 
Real Acuerdo, seccidn de, see Tribunal, Royal 
Real Armada, seccién de, 189; see also Ar- 
mada 
Real Audiencia, seccién de, 189; see also Audi- 
encia 
Real Audiencia y Sala del Crimen, records of, 
see Audiencia, royal 
Real Caja, seccién de, 190 
Reales Cédulas y Ordenes, seccién de, 17-19; 
see also Cédulas 
Real a los Infantes, ecclesiastical jurisdiction 
of, 415 
Real Fisco, seccién de, see Fisc 
Real Hacienda, seccién de, 190; see also Haci- 
enda 
Realistas, see Royalists 
Rebecca Adams, ship, 179 
Rebecca Eliza, Anglo-American vessel, 178 
Rebolleda, Fr. Pablo, portrait of, 393 
Reclamaciones, seccion de, 255; see also Recla- 
mations 
Reclamations, 226, 227, 255, 250, 340-341 
Recopilacion de Leyes y Decretos, 348 
Recruits, 318 
Red River, colonization on, 435, 440; complaint 
concerning lands near, 435; Indians on, 
355; removal of fort to, 59; survey of, 226 
Rees, Charles K., application by, 438 
Reese, Capt., Mier prisoner, letter of, 2890 
Refugio, capture of mission of, 275; conspiracy 
at, 341 ; correspondence concerning mission 
at, 309; correspondence with persons at, 
46; documents relating to mission of, 398; 
Indians of, 334, 430; mission established, 
304; records of mission of, 447; sack of, 
334 
Regency, archives under the, 8; correspondence 
of the president of the, 312; order of, 112; 
request by, 360 ; 
