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river. On the following day, the travelers should continue to Rosas de San Juan, Caramanchelito, Charcos de la Tortuga, Rio Frio, Arroyo Hondo, Charco de la Pita, Arroyo de los Payayas, and Presidio de San Antonio de Bejar, their ultimate destination. The conductor was to be allowed discretion in following the itinerary outlined. Captain Aguirre was notified that the fifteen families, consisting of fifty-six persons, had set out from Cuatitlan on November 15, and that they were now on the way. He was, therefore, told to make haste in pre- paring for the~r reception. He was instructed to secure a supply of meat and flour sufficient for their needs in traveling from Saltillo to San Antonio de Bejar, in accord with the itinerary outlined. He was author- ized to get, also, fifteen 11zetates with the corresponding pestles, to grind corn, and thirty trained oxen from his hacienda, in order that each family might have a yoke with which to cultivate their farms. The oxen were to be sent to San Antonio with the first herd of cattle that might enter the province. He was ordered further to provide for everything the party might need during their stay in Saltillo, while waiting for the arrival of the military escort from Monclova, which was to accompany them on their way to San Antonio. He was told to practice the strictest economy, how- ever, in making all the necessary arrangements, keeping in mind that each member of the party had been assigned an allowance of four reales a day for their maintenance. He was to be responsible for supplies needed by the colonists while in Saltillo and all that was necessary for the continuation of their trip to their final destination. According to the itinerary, it would take them twenty-three days for the journey, but ten extra days were to be allowed in making the calculations for the sup- plies they would require and to take care of their unforeseen or unavoid- able delays. He was authorized to furnish Francisco Duval nine hun- dred twenty-four pesos worth of supplies or specie, which was the equiv- alent of the allowance made to the families for the thirty-three days, at the rate of four reales each per day. In addition to this amount he was ordered to give the conductor one hundred sixty-five pesos, which was equivalent to his allowance for the same length of time at the rate of five pesos a day. The families and the conductor should determine how much should be supplied in commodities and how much in specie. Captain Aguirre was also to see that the settlers had with them all the things that had been given them before they left Cuatitlan, check- ing every item with the official list sent to him. He was required. to make
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