Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-10


In the Times OF December 10th
gave a brief description Of a small
portion Of documents containing the
first regular census In what Is now
FL Paso county. dated September IL.
1854.
There were nine pages OF the old
manuscript containing a list OF 100
Spanish families residing in the vs.
leta de Corpus Christi mission. In
the Real de San Lorenzo. and the
Mission of Our Lady OF Guadalupe.
There we're eighteen Spanish fami-
lies at Ysleta ranging from three 10
thirty in family. making In all 1913
Spaniards residing in the iurisdic-
ton and belonging to the Ysleta de
Corpus Christi mission.
As pointed out before. this docu-
ment settles mooted question that
has troubled historians Some his
torians have claimed that the Ysleta
mission was purely mission for the
'riguas Indians. hrt this shows a large
population OF Spanlards.
In this article | wish 20 describe
briefly another one OF those inter-
esting documents and give some con-
illusions as 10 the historical signifl'
canoe OF t. This document Is a mus
~ roll containing some six pages
and Is a list OF the new recruits of
soldiers sent from the CITY OF Mexico
To aid In the reconquest Of New Mex
leo Translated. the document reads
in part as follows:
List OF the 'Scnores Soldados' oil
the Preside OF San Joseph In the
Province of New Mexico. List OF
the foreign soldiers.
Antonio de Oicda with five
horses.
The Capt. Don Alfonso de Aguilar
with six horses and one mule.
"Alferez Diego Ydalgo with six
horses and one mule.
THE Sergeant Don Mlguelie Pc
derossa with five horses.
"Eusepio De Bargas with four
horses"
The list goes on IN this manner
giving fifty-six soldiers, with their
equipment. and at the conclusion OF
the list are the following statements
These fifty-siy seniors soldiers are
all of those Of the royal body OF tho
mounted service armed with defen-
sive weapons arcuhuzes swords. and
dances, that are mustered before me
on the thirtieth day Of May. ,6Si
tSigned)
Don Pedro Ladron de Gueyara.
Secretary Of Government and War.
The first item OF great signifi-
canoe Is that the muster roll Is dated
In the Presidlo a. Pillar. Some of the
other documents show that rs soon
as Otermir was driven south to III
Paso from Santa Fe In 1860 he sen,
forward requests to the viceroy at
Mexico City for supplies and more
soldiers Among the requests made
was to the king OF Spain for per-
mission TO establish a presidIo AZ Fl
Paso to serve as a base of operation
In the reconquest Of the part Of New
Mexico recently lost The permits
sion seems to have been granted i'm
mediately and the presidlo founded
In the year 1862. At any rate this
document shows that the preside was
In actual existence In MAY Of 1854.
In some OF the other documents tho
full name Of the Presidio was Pre-.
sidio of San Joseph and our Lady OF
Pillar, and that Il was just across the
river from the Mission OF Our Lady
of Guadalupe In Iuarez Mexico.
The exact location of the Old pre-
sidio cannot be worked out precise
~ but the fact that II was jus across
the Rio Grande from the Guadalupe
mission. and also just below the pass
or where the river comes through
the mountain, makes US sure that il
was located somewhere between what
Is now FL Paso street and the Globe
Mills.
In tho second place the da'c shows
that the presidio antedates the al
legged first settlement OF TeVas on
Matagorda Bay by La Sale al least
a wear.
In the third place. this together