Add MS 36331

VENEZUELA, PAPERS. Vol. XVIII. (ff. 280) 1681-1721.

1. Tiburcio de Axpe y Zuñiga to the king, on the number of Dutch ships frequenting Trinidad, Margarita, Cumana, Orinoco, etc., for tiade, and his dealings with regard to them; Trinidad, 12 Feb. 1681. f. 1. Followed (f. 7) by minutes, reports, etc., on the subject, 17 Feb.-2 June, 1682.

2. Francisco de Albeno, Governor of Caracas, to the king, reporting on charges against the Governors of Cumana and Cumanagotto for connivance at Dutch trading ; Caracas, 27 May, 1681. f. 11.

3. The Council of the Indies to the king, advising complaint to the States General of the presence of Dutch ships at La Margarita, in contravention of the treaty ; Madrid, 3 July, 1681. f. 14.

4. Francisco de Vinero Galindo y Torralva, Governor of Cumana, to the king, with news of the revolt of the garrison of Guayana, etc. ; Cumana, 12 Sept. 1683. f. 17.

5. The king to the Council of the Indies, forwarding three letters of Juan Muñoz Gadea, Governor of Margarita, making charges against Juan Fermin; Madrid, 20 June, 1684. f. 20. With reference by the Council to the Fiscal, 27 June, 1684, and his report, 31 Oct. 1084. f. 20 b.

6. Juan Muñoz Gadea to the king, with news of the sacking of the city of Guayana by the French, etc., and enclosing a letter on the subject from the authorities of S. Joseph de Oruña, Trinidad, 18 June, and depositions taken at Margarita, 29 June; Margarita, 14 Nov., 16 Dec. 1684. ff. 22-66.

7. Tiburcio de Axpe y Zuñiga to the Secretary Antonio Ortiz de Otalora, on proposals of the Capuchin missionaries in Cumana respecting tho management of the Indians, and on the suggested deportation of Caribs; Madrid, 26 Apr. 1686. f. 6 7.

8. Collection of documents on the subject of the treatment of the Indians:-(a) Antonio Ortiz de Otalora to Francisco de Amolar; Madrid, 26 Apr. 1686. With the reply, 30 Apr. ff. 72, 74 b ;-(b) Report of the Fiscal on the information of Thiburcio de Axpe y Zuñiga and a cedula of 29 May, 1682 ; Madrid, 22 May, 1686. f. 74 b;-(c) Tiburcio de Axpe, etc., to Ant. Ortiz de Otalora (cf. art. 7); Madrid, 26 Apr. 1686. f. 75 b;-(d) Sancho Fernandez de Angulo Sandoval to Ant. Ortiz de Otalora ( cf. art. 9); Madrid, 2 May, 1686. f. 78b;-(e) Royal cedula to Tiburcio Axpe y Zuñiga, Governor of Trinidad and Guayana, with instructions for the treatment of the natives, etc.; Madrid, 29 May, 1682. f. 82 b.

9. Sancho Fernandez de Angulo y Sandoval to Antonio Ortiz de Otalora, respecting representations by the Capuchins in Cumana as to the removal of the Caribs on account of their destructive animosity; Madrid, 2 May, 1686. f. 84.

10. Royal decree instituting a new mission of Capuchins in Trinidad and Guayana, composed of twelve Catalans and distinct from the mission of Cumana; Aranjuez, 29 Apr. 1687. f. 89.

11. Fray Tomas de Barcelona, Prefect of the new Capuchin Mission, to the Commissary General [of the Missions of the W. Indies], relating his proceedings in Trinidad and Guayana; Naparima, 12 Mar. 1688. f. 91.

12. The same to Fray Eusebio de Sevilla, Procurador of the Capuchin missions in America, on the same subject; Naparima, 12 Alar. 1688. f. 98.

13. The same to the king, on the same subject, etc.; Naparima, 13 Alar. 1688. f. 101.

14. Frai Francisco de Luque, Commissary General of the Missions of the W. Indies, to Antonio Ortiz de Otalora, on the progress of the new Capuchin mission of Trinidad and Guayana, and enclosing the preceding letters (artt. 11-1 3) ; Granada, 28 Dec. 1688. f. 106. Followed (ff. 107b-110b) by minutes of Council, etc., on the same subject, 11-18 Jan. 1689.

15. The Council of the Indies to the king, on the good progress of the Capuchin mission of Trinidad and Guayana, and its need of succour, etc.; Madrid, 12 Jan. 1689. f. 111.

16. Royal order to the Governor of Trinidad and Guayana, ordering him to assist the Capuchin missions; Madrid, 29 Jan. 1689. f. 114.

17. Sebastian de Roteta, Governor of Trinidad, etc., to the king, on the progress of the Capuchin missions, and on the need of more religiosos, who should be Catalans, as they have been the originators of the mission and are well received by the natives; Trinidad, 4 Apr. 1689. f. 117. Followed (f. 121) by a note concerning the despatch of Catalan Capuehins to Trinidad [after 4 Dec. 1689].

18. The same to the same, relating his liberation of Indians and formation of two native settlements; Trinidad, 8 April, 1690. With précis and notes. Two copies. IT. 123, 129.

19. Pedro de Espinar to Francisco de Amolar, respecting the mission of Guaiana, etc.; Madrid, 1 Dec. 1690. f. 135.

20. The Council of the Indies to the king, concerning a letter of the Marques del Casal, Governor of Venezuela, on the numerous Dutch trading ships frequenting his coasts; Madrid, 14 Jan. 1693. f. 139. Followed by a royal decree on the remedies to be used (f. 141); and a copy of the letter of the Marquis to Secretary Antonio Ortiz de Otalora, Caracas, 16 Oct. 1691 (f. 141 b).

21. Francisco de Meneses, Governor of Trinidad, to the king, forwarding autos on the request of Fr. Gabriel de Barcelona, Prefect of the Capuchin mission, that Fr. Joseph de Sebay and Fr. Lucian de Vl-ne may return to Spain and give an account of the desperate condition of the mission ; Trinidad, 27 Aug. 1694. f. 149. Preceded by an abstract of the same letter (f. 148), a resolution of the Council, and an opinion of the Fiscal, Madrid, 9 May, 1696 (f. 148 b).

22. Juan Martinez de Ben-ochea y Esponda and Antonio de Robles, Alcaldes Governadores of Trinidad, to the king, repot-ting the murder of the Maestre de Campo Joseph de Leoz y Echalaz by the natives, who had resisted the efforts of the Capuchin missions, also reporting the weakness of the garrison of the Castle of Guayana, which begs for succour, and asking for a hundred new families of colonisits, etc.; Trinidad, 29 Doe. 1699. f. 158.

23. The Cabildo Secular of Trinidad to the king, on the defence less condition of Trinidad and Guayana, the need of reinforcement if the Indians are to be kept quiet, etc. ; Trinidad, 2 Feb. 1700. f. 163. Enclosing (f. 165) an auto of a meeting of tho

Cavildo Justicia of San Joseph de Oruña, to consider the disposal of the force available, 5 Feb. 1697.

24. Franeisco Ruiz de Aguirre, Governor of Trinidad, to the king, referring to a former letter describing the murder of the late Governor and other officials and four priests and many others by the revolted Indians and pointing out the impossibility of defending the island without immediate succour; San Joseph de Oruña, - -, 1700. f. 169. Followed by royal decrees to the Governor of Trinidad and Guayana, (a) respecting the reinforcements necessary for defence of the settlements; Madrid, 12 Aug. 1695. f. 172 ;-and (b) notifying the orders given to the President of Santa Fee concerning the removal of the Castle of Guaiana to a narrower part of the R. Orinoco, three days' journey distant [Angostura?]; Madrid, 24 Aug. 1697. f. 174.

25. Francisco [Cosio y Otero], Archbishop of Santa Fee and interim Governor, to the king, reporting the presence in Guaiana and Carichana of a hundred piraguas of Dutch and Caribs ascending the R. Orinoco, his measures against them, his warning sent to Cartaoena, etc.; Santa Fee, 21 June, 171 1. f. 177.

26. Instructions of Christoval Felix de Guzman, Governor of El Dorado, Guayana, etc., to Francisco de Benavides, his lieutenant at San Thome, to take all precautions against the Dutch of Surinam, Verbis (Berbice) and Esquivo (Essequibo) and the Caribs and Aruacs, etc.; San Thome, 7 July, 1711. f. 182.

27. A collection of articles, comprising:-(a) Declaration by Pedro Caviedes Revilla, Sargento Mayor, resident in Puerto de España, Trinidad, that he has received from Andres Garcia de Padilla, Lieutenant of the said port, certain documents, for conveyance to those for whom they are intended; Puerto de España, 20 Au-. 171 1. f. 185 ;-(b) Certificate of Christoval Guillen de Orvay, Alealde, and others, concerning the exploration of the R. Orinoco, by Christoval Felis de Gusman, Governor of Guayana, etc.; S. Joseph de Oruña, Trinidad, 13 Sept. 1711. f. 187;(c) Notification by Joseph de Alcantara, Governor of Margarita, etc., to Governor de Guzman, of his inability to succour Guayana; Asumpcion, in La Margarita, 5 Sept. 1711. f. 189;-(d) Notification by Governor de Guzman concerning the defences of Guayana; S. Joseph de Oruña, 5 Jan. 1711. f. 196;-(e) Testimony of Francisco de Benavides, Lietenant of S. Thome de la Guayana, and Bizente Moyano y Alarcon, Contador of the Royal Treasury of the same, that Governor de Guzman had visited the R. Orinoco and explored it as far as its narrows (" su angostura"), and had learnt the pretensions of the Dutch to form a settlement, etc.; n. d. f. 201 ;-(f) Acknowledgment by Nicolas Dopere, Alferes vivo del Castillo de S. Francisco de Asis, in Guayana, of the receipt of instructions and papers from Governor de Guzman, to be delivered at Santa Fee; 6 Feb. 1712. f. 204 ;-(g) Request by Calletano de Losa to Governor de Guzman for payment for furniture of seven cureñas, or gun-carriages; with order for payment, a certificate by the Contador of his inability to pay, and further documents on the subject, 4 Jan.-8 June, 1712. ff. 205-211 ;-

(h) Account of the voyage of Governor de Guzman to the Orinoco and his ascent of the river " hasta su angostura," from his departure from Puerto de España in Trinidad on 7 June to his return thither on 14 July [1711]; by Capt. Juan de Leon Bello, one of his company. f. 212 ;-(i) Memorial of Governor de Guzman to the king, giving an account of his proceedings in his government, his visits to Guaiana and other places, the deplorable condition of the garrison in Guaiana, " casi en cueros, muertos de hambre y sin el menor consuelo," the finding of a Dutchman among the Indians at Angostura, etc.; Trinidad, 28 Sept. 1714. f. 216 ; -(k) Petition of Nicolas de

Contreras and others, officers of San Thome de la Guayana, to the Governor, desiring assistance, etc. ; 26 June, 1714. f. 227

(1) Certificate by Francisco de Benavides, Justicia Mayor and Captain of Guayana, et.., respecting the need of succour for the above-mentioned petitioners; 27 June, 1711. f. 230 ;-(m) Certificate by Governor de Guzman to the same effect, speaking of Guayana as the key and guard for preventing the English, Germans and Dutch from ascending the 0rinoco to surprise Santa Fee de Bogota and New Granada, etc.; 27 June, 1711. f. 231.

28. The Marquis Joseph de Grimaldi to the Duke od Osuna and Marquis of Monteleon, concerning the interpretation of certain clauses in the treaty of Munster ; MAdrid, 6 Aug. 1713. f. 236. With abstract of other documents to 1715 (f. 237 b).

29. The Council of the Indies to the king, on tho memorial of the Capuchin mission in regard to the peopling of Guayana and the supplying Capuchin priests; Madrid, 5 June, 1716. f. 239.

30. A collection of documents, viz.:-(a) Petition of Frai Bartolomé de San Miguel and Frai Salvador de Cadiz, Capuchin missionaries of Venezuela and Caracas, to the king, setting out the facts of their visit to the R. Orinoco as far as Guaiana, describing the intercourse of the Dutch and Caribs, and begging permission to give him an account of what they know of the district. f. 244;-(b) Certificate by Capt. Nicolas de Doperez, Judge of New Granada, in confirmation of the statements of the foregoing friars, and of their knowledge of Guaiana; S. Joseph de Oruña, 18 Mar. 1721. f. 245 Further petition of Fr. Salvador de Cadiz to the king, to be allowed to make a sworn declaration respecting the Dutch intercourse with the Caribs of the R. Orinoco. f. 246 b;-

(d)Auto in favourof the above, by the authorities of Trinidad; S. Joseph de Oruña, 20 Mar. 1721. f. 247;-(e) Declaration by Juan Joseph do Orvay, First Regidor and Alealde, and Bartolomé de Orvay, Alcalde, of the depositions under oath of Capt. Antonio de Bustamante, as to his finding Dutch from Surinam at Casanare and Curamusopo in the Carib district of the Orinoco in league with the natives and trafficking for slaves, and his confirmation of the statements of Fr. Salvador de Cadiz. f. 247 b. With further confirmations, 21 Mar.-3 Apr. 1721 (ff. 251 b-253); and a general attestation of the copies, Cadiz, 21 Mar. 1722 (f. 254).

31. [The Count de San Esteban ?] to Andres de Res, in favour of the above Capuchins, Bartholoimé de San Miguel and Salvador [de Cadiz], natives of Andalucia, who have come from Caracas to Flushing in a Dutch vessel, and asking that they may have an early audience of the king; Cambray, 2 Sept. 1721. With a postscript by the Marquis Berctilandi. f. 256.

32. The two Capuchins above mentioned [to the same], notifying that tho Provincial of Castile has prohibited them from proceeding to the Court, and asking for aid to enable them to carry out their object; Seville, 19 Dec. 1721. f. 258.

33. Frai Angel de Granado, Provincial of the Capuchins of Andalucia, to Andres de Res, explaining his reasons for detaining the said friars from their intended clandestine visit to the Court; Xeres de la Frontera, 9 Feb. 1722. f. 261.

34. Memorial of tho same friars to the king (sent through Joseph Patiño, President of the Tribunal of the Casa do Cotratacion a las Indias), giving an account of the Province of Venezuela and Caracas, the labours of the Capuchins there, the nature of the country between the rivers Orinoco and Apure or Guarico, the hostility of the Caribs, the site of Eldorado, alleged to contain much gold, the Dutch settlements . of Esquivox [Essequibo], Veruis [Berbice], and Surinama, and the dealings of the Dutch with the natives, and urging a settlement of Spaniards on the R. Apure for the repression of the Dutch and Caribs, and the sending of more missionaries; [1722 ?]. Signed only by Fray Salvador de Cadiz. f. 267.

includes:

• ff. 1, 67, 75 b Tiburcio de Axpe y Zuñiga: Letters, as governor of' Guiana, to the king of Spain, etc.: 1681-1686.
• f. 14 Island of Margarita, Venezuela: Papers relating to the pearl fishery, English and Dutch privateers, etc.: 1532-1739.: Span.
• ff. 17, 22 Guiana: News of the sack of by the French, etc.: 1684.: Span.
• ff. 20-23 Clevedon, Somerset: Views: 1828.
• ff. 67-138, 149-176, 239-280 Orders Religious. Capuchins: Documents relating to the Capuchin missions in Trinidad and Guiana: 1686-1818.: Span.
• ff. 72, 74 b Francisco de Amolar: Correspondence with A. Ortiz de Otalora: 1686.: Span.
• ff. 72, 74 b Antonio Ortiz de Otalora: Correspondence with F. de Amolar: 1686.: Span.
• ff. 78 b, 84 Sancho Fernandez de Angulo y Sandoval: Letters to A. Ortiz de Otalora: 1686.: Span.
• f. 117 Sebastian de Roteta: Letter, as governor, of Trinidad, to the king of Spain: 1689.: Span.
• f. 135 Pedro de Espinar: Letter to F. de Amolar: 1690.: Span.
• f. 149 Francisco de Meneses: Letter, as governor of Trinidad, to the king of Spain: 1694.: Span.
• f. 169 Francisco Ruiz de Aguirre: Letter, as governor of Trinidad, to the king of Spain: 1700.
• f. 174 Guiana: Papers on its proposed removal higher up the Orinoco: 1697-1769.: Span.
• f. 177 River Orinoco: News of Dutch and Caribs ascending: 1711.: Span.
• f. 177 Francisco Cosio y Otero, Archbishop of Santa Fé: Letter. to the, king of Spain: 1711.: Span.
• f. 182 Christoval Felix de Guzman: Instructions by, as governor of Guiana, etc., to F. de Benavides: 1711.: Span.
• ff. 185-235 passim Christoval Felix de Guzman: Papers relating to explorations of the orinoco by: 1711-1714.: Span.
• ff. 185-235 passim, 244-255, 267-280 passim River Orinoco: Papers relating to the exploration, fortification, etc., of: 1587-1791.: Span. and Engl.
• f. 236 Joseph de Grimaldi, Marquis: Letter to the Duke of Osuna: 1713.: Span.
• f. 236 Westphalia: Papers rel. to the treaty of: 1642-1653, 1713.: Span.
• f. 236 Netherlands, United Provinces: Papers relating to the treaty of Westphalia: 1642-1653, 1713.: Span.
• f. 236 Philip IV of Spain: Papers relating to the treaty of Westphalia: 1642-1653, 1713.: Span.