No. 466. Letter from Pedro Tomas Bommon to Luis Antonio Gil, 1792. [Translated from Copy printed in U. S. Commission, Report, Vol. 2, p. 665.] MY MOST VENERABLE CHIEF: Inasmuch as upon this trip the stronghold is to be finished and some soldiers of the militia are to remain there, as there are now four, I proceed to enquire of Your Excellency if the victuals are to be brought down for account of the Royal Treasury, or of that of the Militia, having in mind that, to bring down said victuals, peons must be taken from these Missions as there are none in Cuyuni, although it seems to me advisable that, at least, there should be some families, not only for the victuals but also for other urgent needs that may occur; for the soldiers (militia) who are thus employed are greatly exposed to many contingencies, both as to victuals and other things, they being far removed from any assistance, and, further, having no one to send as a courier. Although nothing has happened thus far, it has been learned that in an island lying beyond the mouth of the Maseroni, there are different nations of Indians, protected with fire-arms and a palisade, but I believe that they have armed themselves as a defence against being captured. God preserve Your Excellency many years. Upata, January 29th, 1792. PEDRO TOMAS BOMMON. To His Excellency, General Don Luis Antoni Gil. No. 467. [Translated from document found in the archives at Caracas.] I enclose to Your Excellency a note of the establishment of Spanish towns on the fork or union of the rivers Cuyuni and Curiamo, having for defense a stronghold or fort and a town of Guaica Indians, which Your Excellency asked of me in Your Excellency's [note] of the 4th of the present month. God save, etc. Caracas, October 8, 1796. No. 468. [Translated from document in archives at Caracas.] I hereby return to Your Excellency the dispatch which your Excellency enclosed in the note of the 8th in regard to the establishment of the town of Cura and stronghold on the fork or union of the rivers Cuyuni and Curiamo, in the province of Guayana, which I asked for on the 4th inst. No. 468. God save Your Excellency many years. Caracas, October 14, 1796. JOACHIM DE TUBILLAGA, Intendent-General of the army and the Royal Academy. No. 469, List of the Capuchin Missions in Guayana, made in compliance with the Tenth Decree of America, June 6, 1797. [Translated from Copy printed in STRICKLAND (Rev Joseph 8. J.). The boundary question between British Guayana and Venezuela, fol. Rome, 1896. Appendix 1, pp. 58-59.] No. 470. List of Catalonian Capuchin Missions in Guayana in 1799 by Father [Reprinted from Blue Book, No. 3, p. 355.] Table of the Capuchin Missions in the Lower Orinoco, according to a Spanish troops in Guiana in 1800 and where stationed. No. 472. Spanish troops in Guiana in 1809 and where stationed. [Translated from Copy printed in U. S. Commission, Report, Vol. 2, p. 671.] Note. That the distribution of the force on garrison at the fortress of Old Guayana and at this Capital is shown in the two tables accompanying the above for the purpose of greater clearness, it being understood that the difference noted between the number of men comprised in these tables, as posted in the Capital, and those on Garrison therein, consists of some individuals of the Veteran Corps, who are here as invalids, sick and employed. Guayana, March 1st, 1809. JOSÉ FELIPE DE INCIARTE. |