Permanent Occupation of Texas, 1715-1716
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"Four small bells and four rituals for administration, "Four towels, "Four surplices,
"One hundred pounds of wax for [candles during] the celebration of Mass, "One barrel of [sacramental] wine fram Saltillo,
"Four cargas of flour from Saltillo, "Some oil stocks to carry holy oils." 14
At the end of.the list he added: "And in order that the enterprise may benefit those poor souls, the following recommendations are thought proper, which Your Excellency will prescribe, if he deems it advisable, that they may be put into execution: First, that everything being carried by Captain Domingo Ramon to be distributed among the Indians, as well as the tools for the cultivation of the land, be placed in charge of the religious, that in this manner they be preserved and increased, as in the case of the missiQns on the Rio Grande del Norte under the care of the College of La Santa Cruz. "That in each of the missions that may be founded, two soldiers be placed to protect the religious, and that these be independent of the governor. "That the soldiers be not allowed to undertake trips on private busi- ness, out of regard for the serious evils experienced [from this practice] in the missions founded heretofore."lS The viceroy sent the list and recommendations to the Fiscal who, on October 29, replied that since the articles listed were essential for the celebration of the Mass and the administration of the sacraments, His Excellency should order the factor of the treasury to purchase them, requesting him to exercise care to see that they were of good quality as befitted the purpose. With regard to the recommendations he declared that since these were directed to the success and preservation of the mis- sions, the viceroy should issue the corresponding orders to put them into effect. The viceroy approved the report of the Fiscal on October 31, and the necessary orders to put it into execution were issued on November 2. 16 14 Memoria de lo que precissamte. necesitan los Religiosos. Provincias lnternas, Vol. 181, p. 42. 15 /bid., 43. 16 Dictamen del Fiscal que se remitan los efectos . . . San Francisco 6l Grande Archive, VIII, 56,
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