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Table 1. Muster Roll of the Janos Presidio, April 10, 1723 No Name Title Roll Arms Horses Mules Captain Antonio Bezerra Capitán Present — — — Nieto 1 Francisco Ign. Gomez Teniente Absent Fully 15 1 Robledo armed 2 Don Juan Bautista de Ansa Alférez Present Fully 15 1 armed 3 Diego Lainez Sargento Absent Fully 12 1 armed 4 Francisco Griego Cavo de Present Fully 12 1 escuadra armed 5 Juan Lopez de Ocanto Cavo de Present Fully 10 1 guardia armed 6 Don Josseph Gomez de Sylba Alférez Present Fully 10 1 reformado armed 7 Francisco Pacheco Cavo de Present Fully 10 1 escuadra armed 8 Christobal Fontes Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 9 Salbador Domingues Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 10 Antonio Luzero Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 11 Josseph Rodriguez Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 12 Gregorio Barela Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 13 Miguel Luzero Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 14 Christobal de Ibarra Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed (continues) 211 Appendix Table 1. Continued No Name Title Roll Arms Horses Mules 18 Manuel de la Peña Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 19 Pedro Carbajal Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 20 Blas de Medina Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 21 Lucas Barba Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 22 Josseph Espindola Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 23 Cayettano Madrid Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 24 Miguel Romero Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 25 Thimotheo de Solis Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 26 Nicolas Moreno Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 27 Juan Ruiz de Inojos Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 28 Francisco Grijalba Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 29 Josseph Dominguez Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 30 Salbador Mizquia Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 31 Josseph Montaño Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 32 Josseph de Echaves Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 33 Mathias Marquez Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 34 Marcial Gomez Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 35 Josseph Luxan Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 36 Juan de Dios Barrios Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 212 Appendix [3.147.65.65] Project MUSE (2024-04-26 09:30 GMT) Table 1. Continued No Name Title Roll Arms Horses Mules 37 Juan Marquez Rodriguez Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 38 Pedro Xaramillo Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 39 Juan Marquez Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 40 Thomas Lopez Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 41 Agustin de Espindola Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 42 Juan Josseph de Albizu Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 43 Josseph Madrid Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 44 Francisco Xavier Rodriguez Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 45 Francisco Xavier de Soldado Present Fully 10 1 la Parra armed 46 Dionisio Lainez Soldado Absent Fully 10 1 armed 47 Josseph Zambrano Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 48 Antonio Contreras Soldado Present Fully 10 1 armed 49 Don Pedro Bezerra Soldado Present Fully 10 1 Nieto armed 50 Juan Moreno Clarinero Present Fully 10 1 armed Total 514 50 ahp, Autos de Visitta echa al real Presidio de San Phelipe y Santiago de Janos por el Capitan Don Gregorio Alvarez Tuñon y Quiros, Visitador General de las Armas de estte Reino de la Nueva Vizcaya , 10 April 1723, ff. 377–390. Absent ⫽ Absent in the service of His Majesty The original spellings of names have been retained. Antonio Bezerra Nieto compiled this list for the inspection of his presidio. It is interesting that the only soldiers to whom he gave the title “Don” are members of his family, indicated in italic type. Appendix 213 214 Appendix table 2. Silver Impounded by Juan Bautista de Anza, 1736 Arrobas Libras Slab found by José Fermín de Almazán (@) (#) Liquefied, 2@ in pieces 2 — Lorenzo Velasco 8 — Lorenzo Velasco (42@ 18# in the rough, weighed in a tanate in various pieces, lost 1@ when liquefied) 41 18 Lorenzo Velasco 23 17 Given to Siraumea and Urrea by Almazán 20 3 Left from 12@ Urrea gave Siraumea (Siraumea spent 6@ and Urrea spent 1@ 19# leaving 4@ 6# ) 4 6 Granulated metal from smelting 1 7 Sum 99 51 Total 101 1 [3.147.65.65] Project MUSE (2024-04-26 09:30 GMT) Appendix 215 Arrobas Libras Arrobas Libras (@) (#) Onzas Balls and Chunks of Other Persons (@) (#) Onzas — — — Francisco...

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