[161] Published in vol. i. of 3a séries of _Documentos para la Historia de México_. In consequence of it, Fray Estiban de Perea came to New Mexico with thirty priests. Vetancurt, _Crónica_, p. 300. "Con cuyo ejemplo y enseñanza se poblaron treinta y siete casas de diferentes naciones," among which the Pecos. [162] Jean Blaeu, _Douzième Volume de la Géographie Blaviane, contenant l'Amérique_, etc., Amsterdam, 1667, p. 62. He says Picuries, but it must be Pecos. "Avec un seul bourg, mais grandement peuplé, où il y a un temple somptueux." Vetancurt, Crónica, etc., p. 323. "Tenia á nuestra Señora de los Angeles de Porciúncula un templo magnífico, con seis torres, tres de cada lado, adornado; las paredes tan anchas que en sus concavidades estaban hechas oficinas." There are still, in the church of the plaza of Pecos, three paintings out of that church,--one on buffalo-hide, representing Nra. Sra. de Guadalupe, and two on cloth, with Our Lady of the Angels painted on it. The last two are very good. [163] Blaeu, p. 62. [164] Vetancurt, _Crónica_, p. 323. [165] Ibid. [166] Oñate, p. 258. [167] _Apuntamientos_, etc., p. 104. [168] "Este Cuaderno se cree ser de un Religioso de la Provincia del Santo Evangelio" (_Anonymous Report on New Mexico_), Documentos, 3a série, vol. i. p. 127. [169] Davis, cap. xlii. p. 329. [170] Escalante, _Letter_, p. 123. Diego de Vargas, _Carta á S. E._, etc., p. 129. [171] Davis, cap. xlv. pp. 348, 349. [172] Davis, cap. l. p. 396; cap. li. p. 402. [173] Niel, p. 104. Escalante, p. 123. [174] Niel, pp. 104-106. Escalante, p. 122. Gobierno de Don Francisco Cubero y Valdes, _Documentos_, 3a série, vol. i. p. 194. [175] Gobierno de Don Francisco Cubero y Valdes, p. 195. In 1712 the pueblo of Pojuaque (north of Santa Fé) contained but seventy-nine inhabitants,--all Tehuas. [176] Niel, p. 104. "De los Pecos quedaron mas." [177] The Apaches were in intercourse with Taos until 1700 A.D. _Sesto Cuaderno, Documentos_, 3a série, i. p. 180. [178] _Historical Sketch of Santa Fé_, pp. 22, 23, in the pamphlet on _Centennial Celebration_, 1876. It is the only printed report in existence, except a very short one by Judge K. Benedict, on the revolt of 1837. [179] I have not as yet been able to consult the archives of San Miguel County, at Las Vegas, in regard to the different "Deeds" then executed. Therefore I forbear mentioning even the names of the grantees of which I was informed.