The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 2, July 1898 - April, 1899 Page: 221
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Founding the First Texas Municiality. 221
to ask for additional aid, if his march should be delayed beyond the
twenty-nine days assigned for its completion."
Having the reports of the notary public and of the auditor-gen-
eral before him, the Marquis de Casa Fuerte, at that time the viceroy
of New Spain, proceeded to issue the necessary decrees for convey-
ing the colonists to San Antonio de Bexar. First he ordered the
alcalde mayor of Guantitlan to deliver the persons mentioned in
the list of the notary public to Francisco Dubal, after noting any
change in the number on account of births or deaths. He was
also to make an inventory of the various belongings of the families
and send it to the viceroy to be forwarded to Colonel Aguirre. The
march is to begin on the 15th of November.10 The marquis next
issued a decree to the governors of Nueva Leon and Coahuila, to the
alcaldes mayores, and to the justizias along the route of march, to
render such aid as the colonists might need."1 In this decree he
mentions the number of families as fifteen. This number appears
in all the following decrees.
With the colonists safely on the road to Saltillo the viceroy sends
orders to Colonel Aguirre to provide for the next stage of the route.
Aguirre is to send an escort of ten soldiers from Saltillo to the Rio
Grande (which in this decree is called both the "Rio Grande" and
the "Rio del Norte"). The viceroy gives the list of twenty-three
daily journeys, and advises a two days' rest at the Presidio del Norte.
This, with certain provisions for saints' days, results in an estimate
of thirty-three days for the completion of the journey. The daily
allowance for colonists and conductor will make the cost of pro-
visions to be furnished for this part of the journey amount to 1089
pesos. The captain of the Presidio del Norte will provide the escort
from that point to San Antonio. Aguirre, in addition to the allow-
ance for provisions, is to furnish each family with a yoke of oxen
and necessary implements for cultivating the soil, as well as a
metate for grinding corn. The total expense of food for these
colonists from Guantitlan to San Antonio de Bexar was estimated
at about $2000. If one considers all the expense necessary to pro-
SReport of Don Juan de Oliban Renollede, Auditor General, Oct. 30,
1730. Historia 84.
10 Decree of Casa Fuerte, Nov. 8, 1730. Historia 84.
1 Ibid., Nov. 28, 1730
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