The first section, a copy of Alonso de Leon's narrative, carries the account to 1649, the second, in the same hand, continues the narrative to 1689, and, the third, is an account by Fernando Sánchez de Zamora, "Viajo...de Don Alonso de Leon...desde la provincia de Coahuila a la Bahia de Espiritu Santo y provincia de Tejas en 26 de Marzo de 1690."
Subject (Geographic):
Texas--History--To 1846
Subject (Name):
León, Alonso de,--ca. 1610-1661 and Sánchez de Zamora, Fernando,--fl. 1659-1689
Reviews the conditions in the missions, the work and number of Indians whom Father Kino had converted, his disappointment in the laxness of the priests who followed him, and the events leading to the uprising of the Pima Indians. He describes in detail the martyrdom of Father Saeta, the escape of Fathers Kino and Campos, and the lack of sufficient military protection for the missions.
Subject (Name):
Campos, Agusti´n de, 1669-1737,
Gonzalez, Manuel, 1645-1702,
Kappus, Marcus Antonio, 1657-1717,
Kino, Eusebio Francisco, 1644-1711,
Mange, Juan Mateo, 1670-1727?
Saeta, Francisco Javier de, 1664-1695,
Theran, Domingo, Almonazir, Diego de, Jesuits --Pimeria Alta (Mexico and Ariz.), Pima Indians--Missions, and Pima Indians--Wars
Subject (Topic):
Apache Indians and Missions --Pimeri´a Alta (Mexico and Ariz.)
1p. 21.5x33.5 cm. Signed: Estevan F. (Stephen Fuller) Austin.
Description:
Purchased from Henry Raup Wagner in 1919. and Signed: Estevan F. (Stephen Fuller) Austin.
Subject (Geographic):
Provincias Internas (New Spain)--History, Texas--Boundaries--United States, Texas--History--To 1846, Texas--Politics and government--To 1846, and United States--Boundaries--Texas
Imperfect: v. 1 wanting; v. 2 heavily expurgated ("conforme al spurgatorio de el Cardenal de Toledo ... En Coūa a trece de Agosto de 1585 años" - manuscript certificate pasted on 2d prelim. leaf), the censor having ...