Add MS 36319

VENEZUELA PAPERS. Vol. VI. (ff.309). 1605-1611.

1. Diego Suarez de Amaya, Governor of Cumana, to the king, on a treaty made with the cannibal Caribs, suggesting the peopling of the new city of Nueba Ecija, etc.; Cumana, 24 May, 1605. With enclosures. f. 1.

2. The same to the same, on the expedition to El Dorado, and enclosing reports on the subject, 9 Sept. 1603-25 May, 1605; Cuinana, 24 May, 1605. f. 15.

3. The Council of State to the king, enclosing a report by the Duke of Medina Sidonia on Dutch ships sailed for the Indies; Valladolid, 30 June, 1605. f. 30. With an Engl. translation (f. 32).

4. The Secretary Andres de Prada to Count de Ficallo, enclosing an account (f. 35) by Cornieles Guillermo, Captain of the " Santiago," from Amsterdam, of the Dutch ships which have sailed for the Spanish and Portuguese Indies; Valladolid, 19 July, 1605. f. 34. With an Engl. translation (f. 37).

5. The Council of the Indies to the king, on the same subject, enclosing a letter of Bernardino Delgadillo Avellaneda, President of the " Casa de la Contratacion," from Seville, 26 July; Valladolid, 1 Aug. 1605. f. 43.

6. The same to the same, enclosing a letter of Bernardino Delgadillo de Avellaneda, from Seville, 6 Oct., giving news from Guaira of the expected arrival of a Spanish fleet to build a fortress at Araya; Valladolid, 14 Oct. 1605. f. 48.

7. The Council of State to the king, on a resolution of the Council of the Indies respecting the expulsion of the Dutch from the Spanish West Indies; Valladolid, 21 Oct. 1605. f. 52.

8. A collection of six letters, etc.: (a) Diego Suarez de Amaya to the king on the sucess of Luis Fajardo over the Dutch boats at Araya, his own services against Drake and Parker, etc. ; Cumana, 22 Nov. 1605. f. 54;-(b) Bernardino de Cevallos to suggesting the dispeopling of Cumanagoto; Cumanagoto, 9 Dec. 1605. f. 58;-(c) Andres de Rojas y Guzman to the king, on the subject of Araya, and on his own services; Margarita, 16 Dec. 1605. f. 61 ;-(d) Resolution of the Council on the suggested dispeopling of Cumanagoto on account of the native trade in tobacco with Holland and England, with suggestions for remedy; 13 Feb. 1606. f. 66; -(e) Royal eommission to Captain Pedro Suarez Coronel, Governor of Cumana, etc., to remove the inhabitants of Cumanagoto to Cumana, etc.; San Lorenzo el Real, 26 Aug. 1606. f. 69;-(f) Pedro Suarez Coronel to the king, giving reasons against the dispeopling of Cumanagoto; 28 April, 1607. f. 74.

9. The Council of War to the king, on the question of Araya and urging the despatch of a fleet; Valladolid, 22 Feb. 1606.

f. 78.

10. Minute of the Council of War of the Indies to the king, on the question of Araya; Valladolid, 28 April, 1606. f. 85. With an Engl. translation (f. 88).

11. Minute of the Council of the Indies to the king, against the naturalizing of Flemings in the Indies; Valladolid, 6 May, 1606. f. 92. With an Engl. translation (f. 94).

12. Report by Diego Suarez de Amaya, Governor of Cumana, of the coming of an English ship to Bordones with power to find new land to the N. of Florida, and of his capture of her launch with five men, who were put to death; 14 Aug. 1606. f. 96.

13. The Council of War of the Indies to the king, on news of the intentions of the Dutch to attack Havannah; Madrid, 10 Nov. 1606. f. 97.

14. Memorial by Doña Ana de las Alas, widow of Sancho de Alquiza, Governor of Venezuela, to the king, recounting hit; services against the English and Dutch in Guiana, etc.; no date [1606-1629]. f. 101. With an Engl. translation (f. 104).

15. The Council of War to the king, advising the inundation of the salt-mine of Araya without loss of time, etc.; Madrid, 4 Jan. 1607. f. 107.

16. Documents relating to the affairs of Spain and Holland, viz. :-(a) Juan de Mancicidoz (?) to the Secretary Prada ; Brussels, 7 Jan. 1607. f. 111 ;-(b) the Marquis Ambrosio Spinola to the king; Brussels, 15 Feb., 5 June, 1607. If. 113, 115.

17. Notarial record of a proclamation by Pedro Suarez Coronel, Governor of Cumana in Andalusia, banishing for ten years the Indians of Aragua, etc., in Cumanagoto, guilty of rebellion, etc.: Cumana, 30 April, 1607. f. 117.

18. Extracts from a letter of the same to the king, on his success against English ships, his need of munitions, etc.; 18 May, 1607. f. 124. Followed (f. 129) by a duplicate, dated 28 May.

19. The same to the same, in somewhat similar terms, giving an account of events in Cumana and the district; Cumana, 28 May, 1607. f. 133.

20. Sancho de Alquica to the king, on the decree forbidding the cultivation of tobacco in Caracas and Venezuela for ton years on account of its attracting the Dutch, etc.; Santiago de Leon, 15 June, 1607. f. 141.

21. Pedro Suarez Coronel to the king, on the affairs of his province, his succeses against the enemy, need of munitions, etc. ; Cumana, 18 Dec. 1607. f. 147.

22. The same to the same, as to the possibility of selling the offices of Regidor, Alguacil-Mayor, and Escrivano in Cumana; Cumana, 10 June, 1608. f. 153.

23. The same to the same, on the defence of Araya, the prohibition of tobacco cultivation, progress of the settlement of El Dorado, etc. ; Cumana, 10 June, 1608. f. 155.

24. Juan de Borja, President of New Granada, to the king, on the exploration of El Dorado, the current affairs of Guayana, etc.; Santa Fee, 20 June, 1608. f. 161.

25. Andres de Rajas y Guzman, Governor of Margarita, to the king, on the necessity of fortifying the island, as peace has not been concluded with the Dutch; Margarita, 24 June, 1608. f. 171.

26. Fernandez de Castro to the king, on the services of Capt. Diego Martinez de Prado in the exploration of El Dorado and the Orinoco, etc. ; Madrid, 28 Jan. 1609. f. 175.

27. Pedro Suarez Coronel to the king, with a report (f. 179) on the affairs of the churches of Cumana and Cumanagoto; Cumana, 19 April, 1609. f.178.

28. The Council of the Indies to the king, enclosing a letter of Sancho de Alquiza, Governor of Venezuela, of 20 June, 1608, giving an account of the capture and hanging of the captain and other officers of a Dutch vessel from Amsterdam, etc.; Madrid, 15 Jan. 1609. f. 188.

29. [Francisco] Manso de Contreras to the king, on affairs in Guayana and Margarita; Margarita, 22 Oct. 1609. f. 193.

30. Certificate by the same, Oidor and Alcalde of the Royal Audiencia of Panama, setting out the services of the Licentiate Pedro de Be[l]tranilla, etc.; Margarita, 8 Nov. 1609. f. 198.

31. Pedro de Beltranilla to the king, on the frauds of Domingo de Vera in respect of Guayana, etc.; Margarita, 30 Nov. 1609. f. 201.

32. Manso de Contreras to the king, on his being chased into Curacao by privateers when on a voyage from Margarita, etc.; Curasao, 5 Doe. 16-09. f. 206.

33. Royal warrants to governors and others in the W. Indies to stop trade with the enemy, to investigate charges against Fernando de Berrio, Governor of Trinidad, etc.; 27 Feb. 1610- 8 Nov. 1615. ff. 210, 212, 214, 217, 219, 221, 223, 225. With Engl. translations (f. 227).

34. Pedro Suwrez Coronel to. the king, on the rise in prices in Cumana, etc.; Cumana, 14 Mar. 1610. f. 244.

35. Diego Nuñez Brito, Royal Chaplain, to the king, with complaints against Governor Bernardo de Vargas Machuca and Fernando de Berrio, Governor of El Dorado, etc.; Margarita, 24 Mar. 1610. f. 246.

36. The same to the same, on the attempt to discredit his former letters, and complaining of the want of government in Margarita; Margarita, 16 July, 1610. f. 250.

37. Diego Gomez de Sandoval, President of the Audiencia of Sto. Domingo, to the king, en the discovery in a captured English ship (captain, Thomas Icurri) of papers compromising the Governor of Trinidad and others in their barter with the enemy; Santo Domingo, 15 July, 1611. f. 254.

38. The same to the same, on the proceedings of Fernando [do Berrio y de la Hoz y Oruña] in Guayana, of Sancho de Alquiza in Trinidad, etc., and enclosing (f. 256) a paragraph of a letter of Sancho de Alquiza on illicit trading with the enemy in Trinidad, urging a general pardon, as every one in the island was involved; Santo Domingo, 15 Feb. 1612. f. 255.

39. The Council of the Indies to the king, proposing the appointment of Sancho de Alquiza, late Governor of Venezuela, to investigate charges against Fernando de Berrio, Governor of El Dorado or Guayana; Madrid, 15 Mar. 1611. f. 259. With an Engl. translation (f. 263).

40. Information as to the great trade in tobacco carried on by the Dutch and English in Trinidad and on the Orinoco; London, 28 Mar. 1611. f. 268.

41. The Council of the Indies to the king, on the illicit trade in tobacco by the English in Trinidad, the remissness of the Governor, Fernando de Berrio, and the commission to Sancho de Alquiza to investigate the matter; Madrid, 18 May, 1611. f. 273. With an Engl. translation (f. 277).

42. Three letters of Diego Gomez de Sandoval to the king, desiring assistance and munitions, the coasts being infested by the French and English, acknowledging a despatch advising him to be prepared for the Dutch fleet which purposes to colonize parts of the W. Indies, etc.; Santo Domingo, 20 June, 1611, 30 March, 1 July 1615. f. 281. With the king's directions for sending munitions of war (f. 284).

43. Pedro Suarez Coronel to the king, on his need of supplies and the defenceless condition of the province; Cumana, 20 June, 1611. f. 285.

44. Bernardo de Vargas Machuca, Governor of Margarita, to the king, reporting the movements of Fernando de la Hoz y Oruña, Governor of Guayana, advising the visit of galleons to

Margarita next year, etc.; Margarita, 4 July, 1611. f. 287. With an Engl. translation (f. 291).

45. Diego Suarez de Sandoval to the king, sending depositions of Capt. Thomas Curri, an English prisoner, with regard to the Dutch and English trade in Trinidad, Guyana, etc.; Santo Domingo, 26 June, 1611. f. 294.

46. Cristobal Delgadillo de Sotomayor to the king, complaining of his treatment by the Governor of Cumana and others; Cumana, 15 Nov., 10 Dec. 1611. ff. 300, 306, 308.

includes:

• f. 1 Caribs: Treaty with cannibal Caribs: 1605.: Span.
• f. 1 City of Nueva Eçija, Cumana, Venezuela: Suggestions for peopling: 1605.: Span.
• ff. 1, 15, 54 Diego Suarez de Amaya: Letters, as governor of Cumana, to the king of Spain: 1600-1605.: Span. and Engl.
• ff. 15, 155, 161, 175 El Dorado: Documents relating to the search for, etc.: 1552-1778.: Span.
• ff. 30, 32, 35, 37, 43, 52, 97, 124, 129, 281 West Inches: Papers rel. to attacks on Spanish possessions in, etc.: 1587-1643.: Span. and Engl.
• ff. 30, 32, 35, 37, 43, 52, 97, 281 Netherlands, United Provinces: Dutch designs on the E. and W. Indies: 1605-1615.: Span.
• f. 34 Andres de Prada, Spanish Secretary of State: Letter to Conde de Ficallo: 1605.: Span.
• ff. 45 b, 49 Bernardino Delgadillo Avellaneda: Letters to the Council of the Indies: 1605.: Span.
• ff. 48, 54, 61, 78, 85, 88, 107, 155 Araya, Venezuela: Papers relating to the salt mines at: 1600-1671.
• f. 51 Baltonsborough, Somerset: View of church: 1833.
• f. 54 Luis Fajardo: Successes over the Dutch at Araya: 1605.: Span.
• f. 54 Captain William Parker: Capture of Porto Bello, etc.: 1601-1605.: Span.
• f. 54 Netherlands, United Provinces: Dutch at the salt-mines of Araya: 1601, 1605.: Span.
• f. 54 Sir Francis Drake: Services of the governor of Cumana against: 1600-1605.: Span.
• f. 58 Bernadino de Cevallos: Letter to -: 1605.: Span.
• ff. 58, 66, 69, 74, 178 Cumanagoto, Venezuela: Proposed removal of the people of, to Cumana, etc.: 1605-1633.: Span.
• ff. 61, 171 Andres de Rojas y Guzman: Letters, as governor of Margarita, to the king of Spain: 1605, 1608.: Span.
• ff. 66, 268, 273, 277, 294 Netherlands, United Provinces: Tobacco trade of, in the W. Indies, etc.: 1606-1611.: Span. and Engl.
• ff. 66, 268,273, 277, 294 James I of England: Tobacco trade of England in the West Indies, etc.: 1606-1611.: Span.
• ff. 74, 124, 129, 133, 147,153, 155, 178, 244, 285 Pedro Suarez Coronel: Letters, as governor of Cumana, to the king of Spain: 1607-1615.: Span.
• ff. 92, 94 Flanders: Minute against naturalizing Flemings in the W. Indies: 1606.: Span. and Engl.
• f. 96 Florida, North America: Search by an English ship for land to the north of: 1606.: Span.
• ff. 96, 124, 129 James I of England: Spanish successes over English ships in the Indies: 1606, 1607.: Span.
• f. 97 Havana, Cuba: Dutch designs on: 1606.: Span.
• ff. 101, 104 Sancho de Alquiza: Services of, as governor of Venezuela: 1606-1629.
• ff. 113, 115 Ambrosio Spinola, Marquis: Letters to the king of Spain: 1607.: Span.
• ff. 133, 147, 153, 178, 244, 285 Province of Cumana, Venezuela, S. America: Miscellaneous papers rel. to: 1607-1790.: Span. and Engl.
• f. 141 Sancho de Alquiza: Letters to the king of Spain: 1607-1613.
• f. 141 Caracas, Venezuela: Tobacco cultivation in: 1607.: Span.
• f. 161 Juan de Borja: Letter, as president of Granada, to the king of Spain: 1608.: Span.
• ff. 161, 193, 201, 294 Guiana, South America: Current affairs of: 1608-1611.: Span.
• ff. 171, 193 Island of Margarita, Venezuela: Papers on the defence of, etc.: 1608-1639.: Span. and Engl.
• f. 175 Fernandez de Castro: Letter to the king of Spain: 1609.: Span.
• f. 175 River Orinoco: Papers relating to the exploration, fortification, etc., of: 1587-1791.: Span. and Engl.
• f. 175 Captain Diego Martinez de Prado: Exploration by, of El Dorado, etc.: 1609.: Span.
• f. 188 Netherlands, United Provinces: Capture and execution of Dutch officers in Venezuela: 1608.: Span.
• ff. 188, 255 Sancho de Alquiza: Account of the capture of a Dutch vessel, etc.: 1608, 1612.
• ff. 193, 198, 206 Francisco Manso de Contreras: Letters, as governor of Santa Marta, to the king of Spain, etc.: 1592-1609.: Span.
• f. 198 Pedro de Beltranilla: Services of: 1609.
• f. 201 Pedro de Beltranilla: Letters to the King of Spain, etc.: 1613.
• ff. 210, 212, 214, 217, 219, 221, 223, 224, 227 West Inches: Warrants to governors, etc., of the Spanish Indies: 1610-1631.: Span.
• ff. 210-225, 227, 246, 250, 255, 259, 263, 273, 277, 287, 291 Fernando de Verrio y Oruña y de la Hoz: Charges against, as governor: 1610-1615.: Span. and Engl.
• ff. 246, 250 Diego Nuñez Brito, royal chaplain: Letters to the king of Spain, etc.: 1596, 1610.: Span.
• ff. 246, 250 Bernardo de Vargas Machuca: Complaints against, as governor of Margarita: 1610.: Span.
• ff. 254, 255, 268, 273, 277, 294 Island of Trinidad: Papers rel.to the defence of, the tobacco trade, etc.: 1611-1640.: Span. and Engl.
• ff. 254, 255, 281 Diego Gomez de Sandoval: Letters as president of the audiencia of San Domingo, to the king, of Spain: 1611-1615.: Span.
• ff. 259, 263, 273, 277 Sancho de Alquiza: Appointment of, to investigate charges against F. de Verrio: 1611.
• ff. 268, 273, 277 River Orinoco: Foreign tobacco trade of: 1611.: Span. and Engl.
• f. 281 James I of England: English designs against the West Indies: 1611, 1615.: Span.
• ff. 287, 291 Bernardo de Vargas Machuca: Letters to the king of Spain: 1611, 1612.: Span. and Engl.
• f. 294 Diego Suarez de Sandoval: Letter to the king of Spain: 1611.: Span.
• ff. 300, 306, 308 Cristoval Delgadillo de Sotomayor: Letters to the king of Spain: 1611, 1623.: Span.