Documents concerning the founding of missions on the Colorado river of an expedition from Sonora to California, [ca. 1775] by Juan Bautista de Anza and Fray Francisco Garcés, transcribed by an unknown hand.

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Documents concerning the founding of missions on the Colorado river of an expedition from Sonora to California, [ca. 1775] by Juan Bautista de Anza and Fray Francisco Garcés, transcribed by an unknown hand.

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This item consists of copies of three documents by or to Juan Bautista de Anza and Fray Francisco Garcés. The first is Fray Garcés suggestion on the number and location of missions along the Colorado River, probably in Arizona. The second is Viceroy Buareli's decree ordering Anza to report on Garcés suggestion. The last is Anza's report, 5 p., supporting Garcés suggestion, commenting on future difficulties with the Apache Indians, suggesting removal of the Apache, and civilizing other Indian groups.

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Garcés, Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo, 1738-1781

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Spanish Franciscan missionary; explorer of the Southwest; priest at San Xavier del Bac, near Tucson, Arizona, from 1768. From the description of Diario, de las ultimas peregrinaciones del Padre Fr. Francisco Garcés, hasta la provincia del Moqui, y noticias de varias nuevas naciones exparcidas hasta el Rio Colorado en California, 1777. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29699425 Spanish Franciscan missionary and explorer of the Southwest. G...

Anza, Juan Bautista de, 1735-1788

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Juan Bautista de Anza was born in 1735 in Fronteras, Sonora. He was a Novo-Spanish explorer and Governor of New Mexico for the Spanish Empire. From the description of Diario de Rutta de Senora, 1774, January-May. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 752619147 ...