Vial, Pedro, diary 1786-1793

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Vial, Pedro, diary 1786-1793

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/02446/02446-P.html

The Pedro Vial Diary, 1786-1793,comprises photocopies of Vial’s diary and English translations by Margarita Costero.The diary chronicles his exploratory trips between San Antonio, Texas, and Santa Fe,New Mexico, on behalf of the Spanish government and describes encounters with NativeAmericans, sizes of their encampments, and the routes and distances he traveled.

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Vial, Pedro

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Born in Lyons, France, in the mid-18th century, Pedro (also Pierre) Vial moved to the United States around the 1860s or 1870s, living in Louisiana in 1779 and later among the Taovaya Indians. Upon moving to San Antonio, Texas, in 1784, Governor Domingo Cabello y Robles appointed Vial and Francisco Xavier Chaves to learn about the Comanche Indians. Two years later, the governor requested Vial find a direct route between San Antonio and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He and Cristóbal de los Sa...