Servicios que han hecho a su Magestad los Indios..., 03/02/1662-05/06/1688

File — Box: 1, Folder: 8

Identifier: 35327

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The Paraguayan Jesuits Collection consists of 20 manuscript and 4 printed documents ranging in date from 1639 to about 1744. A number of the manuscripts deal with the employment of Indian laborers from the Jesuit 'reductions' on the fortification of the ports of Buenos Aires; others touch on the incursions of hostile Indians against the reductions. A major emphasis of the collection, however, is on the continuing struggle between the Jesuits and the antagonistic representatives of the Church and the Spanish government.

There are manuscripts giving detailed responses to the anti-Jesuit memorials of Diego de Villalon (envoy to Spain of Archbishop Bernardino de Cardenas) in the 1650's; rebutting the charges brought by Martin de Barua in the 1730's; and, finally, a very lengthy 'examen' of the manifesto written by the Redemptorist Miguel de Vargas Machuca, dating from about 1740 and providing in its course a rather full survey of the Jesuits' difficulties with their ecclesiastical and governmental opponents. A brief survey of the available histories indicates that previous historians may not have been aware of all but two of the documents.

Dates

03/02/1662-05/06/1688

Collection-level Access Restrictions

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Shelf Location

8/11/3F

Container Summary

39 AMs sheets bound of about 30 documents copied out together. The documents range in date from March, 1662 to July, 1687 and were put together by Sebastian del Castillo, S.J., Procurador General of the Missions, in May, 1688. A "final draft" of this document can be found in the next folder (Folder 9), which is much more legible. All the documents regard relations between the crown and its representatives, the Jesuits, and Indians, both Christian and non-Christian, with references to relations with the Portuguese, the French and hostile tribes such as the Payaguas. There are transcripts of testimony by eight people before the mayor of Asuncion, Antonio Cavanas de Ampuero, in July 1688, all regarding the use of Indians from the reductions for labor and defense against the orders of Spanish officials. All the testimonies are in response to the same 19 questions posed by Sebastian del Castillo, S.J. The testimonies are those of the following: Alonso Fernandez Montiel, Francisco de Avalos, Geronimo Fernandez Aldana, Juan de Enrinas, Juan de Vargas Machuca, Rodrigo de Valdez, Francisco de Ledesma Valderrama and Antonio Cariete. References to the following, each first appearing in this order: Alonso Sarmiento de Figueroa (3 docs. by), Pedro de Villafare(?), Pedro Comental, S.J., Lazaro Ortega Vallejo (1 doc), Alonso Fernando Ruano, Gaspar de Godoy, Lazaro Yaypiri(?) (cacique), Francisco de Ledesma y Valderrama (1 doc), Felipe Rege Corvalan (6 docs), Gonzalo Cunindigua (1 doc), Ignacio de Feara, S.J., Pedro Orrego y Mendosa, S.J. (1 doc), Juan Cavallero Vazan, Rodrigo de Rojas Aranda, Francisco Martinez del Monte, Antonio Gonzales, Juan Rojasocon (1 doc), Joseph Sanchez Delpino, Pedro Tocopao (cacique), Juan Diez de Andino (8 docs), Miguel Diez de Andino, Francisco de Aguero, Domingo de Sarate, Miguel Tayiro, Joseph Tandicas, Ignacio Yapasi, Luis Ynimbare (cacique), Pedro Garcia de Paradez, Pascal de Lucas Fernandez, Hernando de Diego de Mendosa, Juan Santiago, Juan Cabrera, Juan Hernandez Samaniego, Antonio Corseadesa(?), Joseph Cerbin, Joseph Martinez de Salazar, Lucas de Balbuena y Ocampo, Juan de Goldivan, Antonio Cavanas de Ampuero (1 doc), Francisco de Monforte, Fernando Sorrilla, Christobal de Altamirano, S.J. and Juan Mendez de Carvajal. References to the following towns and pueblos: Buenos Aires, Villarica, Mbaracuyu, Caaguazu, Tobati, Santa Fe, Ipane, Guarmbare, Caazapa, Candelaria and San Ignacio. References to the Mbayas and the Guayacurus.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

VILLAFANE, PEDRO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

VILLA RICA - REFERENCE: Other Types

FRENCH - RELATIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

SARMIENTO DE FIGUEROA, ALONSO - DOCUMENT: Other Types

LEDESMA Y VALDERRAMA, FRANCISCO DE - DOCUMENT: Other Types

REGE CORVALAN, FELIPE - DOCUMENT: Other Types

CUNINDIGUA, GONZALO - DOCUMENT: Other Types

CAAGUAZU - REFERENCE: Other Types

COMENTAL, PEDRO, S.J. - REFERENCE: Other Types

FEARA, IGNACIO DE, S.J. - REFERENCE: Other Types

ORREGO Y MENDOSA, PEDRO DE, S.J. - DOCUMENT: Other Types

CAVALLERO VAZAN, JUAN - REFERENCE: Other Types

ORTEGA VALLEJO, LAZARO - DOCUMENT: Other Types

FERNANDEZ RUANO, ALONSO - REFERENCE: Other Types

GONZALES, ANTONIO - REFERENCE: Other Types

ROJASOCON, JUAN DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

MBARACUYU - REFERENCE: Other Types

TOCOPAO, PEDRO (CACIQUE) - REFERENCE: Other Types

DIEZ DE ANDINO, JUAN - DOCUMENTS: Other Types

MBAYAS - RELATIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

PORTUGUESE - RELATIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

DIEZ DE ANDINO, MIGUEL - REFERENCE: Other Types

CAVANAS DE AMPUERO, ANTONIO - DOCUMENT: Other Types

MONFORTE, FRANCISCO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

SARATE, DOMINGO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

MENDEZ DE CARVAJAL, JUAN - REFERENCE: Other Types

TANDICAS, JOSEPH - REFERENCE: Other Types

INDIANS - WORK CONDITIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

YNIMBARE, LUIS (CACIQUE) - REFERENCE: Other Types

CANDELARIA - REFERENCE: Other Types

LUCAS FERNANDEZ, PASCAL DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

MAMALUCOS - REFERENCE: Other Types

SANTIAGO, JUAN - REFERENCE: Other Types

GUAYACURUS - RELATIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

HERNANDEZ SAMANIEGO, JUAN - REFERENCE: Other Types

CAAGUASU - REFERENCE: Other Types

CERBIN, JOSEPH - REFERENCE: Other Types

IPANE - REFERENCE: Other Types

BALBUENA Y OPORTO, LUCAS DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

CAAZAPA - REFERENCE: Other Types

TOBATI, PUEBLO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

GUARAMBARE - REFERENCE: Other Types

SAN IGNACIO (PUEBLO DE) - REFERENCE: Other Types

SORRILLA, FERNANDO - REFERENCE: Other Types

YAPASI, IGNACIO - REFERENCE: Other Types

ALTAMIRANO, CHRISTOBAL DE, S.J. - REFERENCE: Other Types

DIEGO DE MENDOSA, HERNANDO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

FERNANDEZ MONTIEL, ALONSO - TESTIMONY: Other Types

CORSEADESA(?), ANTONIO - REFERENCE: Other Types

AVALOS, FRANCISCO DE - TESTIMONY: Other Types

GOLDIVAN, JUAN DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

FERNANDEZ ALDANA, GERONIMO - TESTIMONY: Other Types

TAYIRO, MIGUEL - REFERENCE: Other Types

CABRERA, JUAN - REFERENCE: Other Types

MARTINEZ DE SALAZAR, JOSEPH - REFERENCE: Other Types

CASTILLO, SEBASTIAN DEL, S.J. - DOCUMENTS: Other Types

GARCIA DE PARADES, PEDRO - REFERENCE: Other Types

ENRINAS, JUAN DE - TESTIMONY: Other Types

VARGAS MACHUCA, JUAN DE - TESTIMNOY: Other Types

VALDEZ, RODRIGO DE - TESTIMONY: Other Types

LEDESMA Y VALDERRAMA, FRANCISCO DE - TESTIMONY: Other Types

CARIETE, ANTONIO - TESTIMONY: Other Types

AGUERO, FRANCISCO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

ROJAS ARANDA, RODRIGO DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

MARTINEZ DEL MONTE, FRANCISCO - REFERENCE: Other Types

PAYAGUAS - RELATIONS - REFERENCE: Other Types

GODOY, GASPAR DE - REFERENCE: Other Types

YAYPIRI, LAZARO (CACIQUE?) - REFERENCE: Other Types

SANCHEZ DEL PINO, JOSEPH - REFERENCE: Other Types

PARAGUAY -JESUIT ACTIVITIES: Other Types